Q: Is 2,496,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,496,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,496,948 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 2496948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 251 502 753 829 1,004 1,506 1,658 2,487 3,012 3,316 4,974 9,948 208,079 416,158 624,237 832,316 1,248,474 and 2,496,948, with no remainder.

Since 2,496,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,496,948, it is not a prime number.


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

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