Q: Is 296,724 a Prime Number?
A: No, 296,724 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 296724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 79 158 237 313 316 474 626 939 948 1,252 1,878 3,756 24,727 49,454 74,181 98,908 148,362 and 296,724, with no remainder.
Since 296,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 296,724, it is not a prime number.