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As it is an EVEN Number .

All EVEN Numbers are divisible by '2' . Hencethey are composite, and NOT Prime numbers.

NB Any number ending in 0,2,4,6,8 is an EVEN Number, and there fore NOT a prime , except for '2' itself.

e.g. 1,000,000 ( One million is an even number m because it ends in '0' , and is therefore not a prime.

NNB Any number ending in 1,3,5,7,9 is ODD. However, NOT all ODD Numbers are prime numbers. Any number ending in '5' is NOT a Prime number, except '5' itself, because they are all divisible by '5', hence composite.

e.g. 1,000,005 (One million and five) is NOT a prime, n]because it ends in ;5;.

NNNB Any number where they digits sum to '9' is NOT a prime number. Because they number is divisible by '9'

e.g. 153 ; 1+ 5 + 3 = 9 . So 153 / 9 = 17 -

NNNNB

To test for a prime divide by either '3' or '7' If the answer has NO remainder, then it is NOT a prime number. If there is a remainder, then it is a prime number.

e.g. 839 /3 = 279 remainder '2' So possible prime

839 / 7 = 111 remainder '8' So '839' is a prime number.

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