Q: Is 229,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 229,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 229,008 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 229008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 78 104 156 208 312 367 624 734 1,101 1,468 2,202 2,936 4,404 4,771 5,872 8,808 9,542 14,313 17,616 19,084 28,626 38,168 57,252 76,336 114,504 and 229,008, with no remainder.

Since 229,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 229,008, 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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