Q: Is 1,255,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,255,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,255,000 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 1255000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 125 200 250 251 500 502 625 1,000 1,004 1,250 1,255 2,008 2,500 2,510 5,000 5,020 6,275 10,040 12,550 25,100 31,375 50,200 62,750 125,500 156,875 251,000 313,750 627,500 and 1,255,000, with no remainder.

Since 1,255,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,255,000, it is not a prime number.


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