Q: Is 298,704 a Prime Number?
A: No, 298,704 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 298704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 127 147 168 196 254 294 336 381 392 508 588 762 784 889 1,016 1,176 1,524 1,778 2,032 2,352 2,667 3,048 3,556 5,334 6,096 6,223 7,112 10,668 12,446 14,224 18,669 21,336 24,892 37,338 42,672 49,784 74,676 99,568 149,352 and 298,704, with no remainder.
Since 298,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 298,704, it is not a prime number.