Q: Is 12,458,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,458,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,458,248 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 12458248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 67 88 134 268 536 737 1,474 2,113 2,948 4,226 5,896 8,452 16,904 23,243 46,486 92,972 141,571 185,944 283,142 566,284 1,132,568 1,557,281 3,114,562 6,229,124 and 12,458,248, with no remainder.

Since 12,458,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,458,248, 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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