Q: Is 1,000,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,000,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,000,998 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 1000998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 37 54 74 81 111 162 167 222 333 334 501 666 999 1,002 1,503 1,998 2,997 3,006 4,509 5,994 6,179 9,018 12,358 13,527 18,537 27,054 37,074 55,611 111,222 166,833 333,666 500,499 and 1,000,998, with no remainder.

Since 1,000,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,000,998, it is not a prime number.


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