Q: Is 2,498,985 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,498,985 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,498,985 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 2498985 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 45 107 135 173 321 519 535 865 963 1,557 1,605 2,595 2,889 4,671 4,815 7,785 14,445 18,511 23,355 55,533 92,555 166,599 277,665 499,797 832,995 and 2,498,985, with no remainder.

Since 2,498,985 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,498,985, 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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