Q: Is 262,000 a Prime Number?
A: No, 262,000 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 262000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 125 131 200 250 262 400 500 524 655 1,000 1,048 1,310 2,000 2,096 2,620 3,275 5,240 6,550 10,480 13,100 16,375 26,200 32,750 52,400 65,500 131,000 and 262,000, with no remainder.
Since 262,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 262,000, it is not a prime number.