Q: Is 127,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 127,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 127,248 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 127248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 241 264 482 528 723 964 1,446 1,928 2,651 2,892 3,856 5,302 5,784 7,953 10,604 11,568 15,906 21,208 31,812 42,416 63,624 and 127,248, with no remainder.

Since 127,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 127,248, it is not a prime number.


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