Q: Is 254,000 a Prime Number?
A: No, 254,000 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 254000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 125 127 200 250 254 400 500 508 635 1,000 1,016 1,270 2,000 2,032 2,540 3,175 5,080 6,350 10,160 12,700 15,875 25,400 31,750 50,800 63,500 127,000 and 254,000, with no remainder.
Since 254,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 254,000, it is not a prime number.