Q: Is 248,500,422 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 248,500,422 is not a prime number.

Why is 248,500,422 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 248500422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 1,823 3,646 5,469 7,573 10,938 15,146 16,407 22,719 32,814 45,438 68,157 136,314 13,805,579 27,611,158 41,416,737 82,833,474 124,250,211 and 248,500,422, with no remainder.

Since 248,500,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 248,500,422, it is not a prime number.


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Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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