Q: Is 12,948,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,948,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,948,488 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 12948488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 231,223 462,446 924,892 1,618,561 1,849,784 3,237,122 6,474,244 and 12,948,488, with no remainder.

Since 12,948,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,948,488, 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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