Q: Is 229,908 a Prime Number?
A: No, 229,908 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 229908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 23 28 34 42 46 49 51 68 69 84 92 98 102 119 138 147 161 196 204 238 276 294 322 357 391 476 483 588 644 714 782 833 966 1,127 1,173 1,428 1,564 1,666 1,932 2,254 2,346 2,499 2,737 3,332 3,381 4,508 4,692 4,998 5,474 6,762 8,211 9,996 10,948 13,524 16,422 19,159 32,844 38,318 57,477 76,636 114,954 and 229,908, with no remainder.
Since 229,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 229,908, it is not a prime number.