Q: Is 966,852 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 966,852 is not a prime number.

Why is 966,852 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 966852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 107 214 251 321 428 502 642 753 963 1,004 1,284 1,506 1,926 2,259 3,012 3,852 4,518 9,036 26,857 53,714 80,571 107,428 161,142 241,713 322,284 483,426 and 966,852, with no remainder.

Since 966,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 966,852, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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