Q: Is 245,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 245,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 245,504 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 245504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 137 224 256 274 448 548 896 959 1,096 1,792 1,918 2,192 3,836 4,384 7,672 8,768 15,344 17,536 30,688 35,072 61,376 122,752 and 245,504, with no remainder.

Since 245,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,504, it is not a prime number.


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