Q: Is 249,948 a Prime Number?
A: No, 249,948 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 249948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 53 106 131 159 212 262 318 393 477 524 636 786 954 1,179 1,572 1,908 2,358 4,716 6,943 13,886 20,829 27,772 41,658 62,487 83,316 124,974 and 249,948, with no remainder.
Since 249,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 249,948, it is not a prime number.