Q: Is 229,608 a Prime Number?
A: No, 229,608 is 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 229608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 1,063 2,126 3,189 4,252 6,378 8,504 9,567 12,756 19,134 25,512 28,701 38,268 57,402 76,536 114,804 and 229,608, with no remainder.
Since 229,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 229,608, it is not a prime number.