Q: Is 118,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,048 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 118048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 31 32 34 56 62 68 112 119 124 136 217 224 238 248 272 434 476 496 527 544 868 952 992 1,054 1,736 1,904 2,108 3,472 3,689 3,808 4,216 6,944 7,378 8,432 14,756 16,864 29,512 59,024 and 118,048, with no remainder.

Since 118,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,048, it is not a prime number.


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