Q: Is 231,248 a Prime Number?
A: No, 231,248 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 231248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 97 149 194 298 388 596 776 1,192 1,552 2,384 14,453 28,906 57,812 115,624 and 231,248, with no remainder.
Since 231,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,248, it is not a prime number.