Q: Is 10,009,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,009,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,009,998 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 10009998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 38 57 114 171 342 29,269 58,538 87,807 175,614 263,421 526,842 556,111 1,112,222 1,668,333 3,336,666 5,004,999 and 10,009,998, with no remainder.

Since 10,009,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,009,998, 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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