Q: Is 987,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 987,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 987,012 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 987012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 19 26 27 36 37 38 39 52 54 57 74 76 78 108 111 114 117 148 156 171 222 228 234 247 333 342 351 444 468 481 494 513 666 684 702 703 741 962 988 999 1,026 1,332 1,404 1,406 1,443 1,482 1,924 1,998 2,052 2,109 2,223 2,812 2,886 2,964 3,996 4,218 4,329 4,446 5,772 6,327 6,669 8,436 8,658 8,892 9,139 12,654 12,987 13,338 17,316 18,278 18,981 25,308 25,974 26,676 27,417 36,556 37,962 51,948 54,834 75,924 82,251 109,668 164,502 246,753 329,004 493,506 and 987,012, with no remainder.

Since 987,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,012, it is not a prime number.


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