Q: Is 249,536 a Prime Number?
A: No, 249,536 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 249536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 224 448 557 1,114 2,228 3,899 4,456 7,798 8,912 15,596 17,824 31,192 35,648 62,384 124,768 and 249,536, with no remainder.
Since 249,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 249,536, it is not a prime number.