Q: Is 987,567 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 987,567 is not a prime number.

Why is 987,567 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 987567 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 31 37 41 93 111 123 217 259 287 651 777 861 1,147 1,271 1,517 3,441 3,813 4,551 8,029 8,897 10,619 24,087 26,691 31,857 47,027 141,081 329,189 and 987,567, with no remainder.

Since 987,567 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,567, 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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