Q: Is 254,464 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 254,464 is not a prime number.

Why is 254,464 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 254464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 71 112 128 142 224 256 284 448 497 512 568 896 994 1,136 1,792 1,988 2,272 3,584 3,976 4,544 7,952 9,088 15,904 18,176 31,808 36,352 63,616 127,232 and 254,464, with no remainder.

Since 254,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 254,464, 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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