Q: Is 299,988 a Prime Number?
A: No, 299,988 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 299988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 117 156 234 468 641 1,282 1,923 2,564 3,846 5,769 7,692 8,333 11,538 16,666 23,076 24,999 33,332 49,998 74,997 99,996 149,994 and 299,988, with no remainder.
Since 299,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 299,988, it is not a prime number.