Q: Is 2,999,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,999,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,999,248 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 2999248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 61 112 122 244 427 439 488 854 878 976 1,708 1,756 3,073 3,416 3,512 6,146 6,832 7,024 12,292 24,584 26,779 49,168 53,558 107,116 187,453 214,232 374,906 428,464 749,812 1,499,624 and 2,999,248, with no remainder.

Since 2,999,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,999,248, 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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