Q: Is 15,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 15,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 15,488 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 15488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 64 88 121 128 176 242 352 484 704 968 1,408 1,936 3,872 7,744 and 15,488, with no remainder.

Since 15,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,488, it is not a prime number.


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