Q: Is 248,688 a Prime Number?
A: No, 248,688 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 248688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 157 176 198 264 314 396 471 528 628 792 942 1,256 1,413 1,584 1,727 1,884 2,512 2,826 3,454 3,768 5,181 5,652 6,908 7,536 10,362 11,304 13,816 15,543 20,724 22,608 27,632 31,086 41,448 62,172 82,896 124,344 and 248,688, with no remainder.
Since 248,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 248,688, it is not a prime number.