Q: Is 999,252 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 999,252 is not a prime number.

Why is 999,252 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 999252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 82 123 164 246 369 492 677 738 1,354 1,476 2,031 2,708 4,062 6,093 8,124 12,186 24,372 27,757 55,514 83,271 111,028 166,542 249,813 333,084 499,626 and 999,252, with no remainder.

Since 999,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 999,252, 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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