Q: Is 9,679,977 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 9,679,977 is not a prime number.

Why is 9,679,977 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 9679977 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 37 41 111 123 333 369 709 1,517 2,127 4,551 6,381 13,653 26,233 29,069 78,699 87,207 236,097 261,621 1,075,553 3,226,659 and 9,679,977, with no remainder.

Since 9,679,977 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,679,977, 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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