Q: Is 987,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 987,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 987,504 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 987504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 336 2,939 5,878 8,817 11,756 17,634 20,573 23,512 35,268 41,146 47,024 61,719 70,536 82,292 123,438 141,072 164,584 246,876 329,168 493,752 and 987,504, with no remainder.

Since 987,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,504, it is not a prime number.


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