Q: Is 4,602 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,602 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,602 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 4602 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 59 78 118 177 354 767 1,534 2,301 and 4,602, with no remainder.

Since 4,602 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,602, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,600	4,601	4,603	4,604
Prime?	no	no	yes	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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