Q: Is 259,608 a Prime Number?
A: No, 259,608 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 259608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 87 116 174 232 348 373 696 746 1,119 1,492 2,238 2,984 4,476 8,952 10,817 21,634 32,451 43,268 64,902 86,536 129,804 and 259,608, with no remainder.
Since 259,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 259,608, it is not a prime number.