Q: Is 999,408 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 999,408 is not a prime number.

Why is 999,408 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 999408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 47 48 94 141 188 282 376 443 564 752 886 1,128 1,329 1,772 2,256 2,658 3,544 5,316 7,088 10,632 20,821 21,264 41,642 62,463 83,284 124,926 166,568 249,852 333,136 499,704 and 999,408, with no remainder.

Since 999,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 999,408, 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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