Q: Is 247,744 a Prime Number?
A: No, 247,744 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 247744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 79 98 112 158 196 224 316 392 448 553 632 784 1,106 1,264 1,568 2,212 2,528 3,136 3,871 4,424 5,056 7,742 8,848 15,484 17,696 30,968 35,392 61,936 123,872 and 247,744, with no remainder.
Since 247,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,744, it is not a prime number.