Q: Is 246,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 246,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 246,048 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 246048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 88 96 132 176 233 264 352 466 528 699 932 1,056 1,398 1,864 2,563 2,796 3,728 5,126 5,592 7,456 7,689 10,252 11,184 15,378 20,504 22,368 30,756 41,008 61,512 82,016 123,024 and 246,048, with no remainder.

Since 246,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 246,048, it is not a prime number.


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