Q: Is 10,038,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,038,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,038,948 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 10038948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 46 69 92 138 276 36,373 72,746 109,119 145,492 218,238 436,476 836,579 1,673,158 2,509,737 3,346,316 5,019,474 and 10,038,948, with no remainder.

Since 10,038,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,038,948, 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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