Q: Is 990,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 990,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 990,462 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 990462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 43 66 86 129 258 349 473 698 946 1,047 1,419 2,094 2,838 3,839 7,678 11,517 15,007 23,034 30,014 45,021 90,042 165,077 330,154 495,231 and 990,462, with no remainder.

Since 990,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 990,462, 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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