Q: Is 240,498 a Prime Number?
A: No, 240,498 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 240498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 31 62 93 186 279 431 558 862 1,293 2,586 3,879 7,758 13,361 26,722 40,083 80,166 120,249 and 240,498, with no remainder.
Since 240,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,498, it is not a prime number.