Q: Is 3,008,988 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,008,988 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,008,988 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 3008988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 37 54 74 81 108 111 148 162 222 251 324 333 444 502 666 753 999 1,004 1,332 1,506 1,998 2,259 2,997 3,012 3,996 4,518 5,994 6,777 9,036 9,287 11,988 13,554 18,574 20,331 27,108 27,861 37,148 40,662 55,722 81,324 83,583 111,444 167,166 250,749 334,332 501,498 752,247 1,002,996 1,504,494 and 3,008,988, with no remainder.

Since 3,008,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,008,988, it is not a prime number.


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