Q: Is 309,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 309,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 309,008 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 309008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 56 62 89 112 124 178 217 248 356 434 496 623 712 868 1,246 1,424 1,736 2,492 2,759 3,472 4,984 5,518 9,968 11,036 19,313 22,072 38,626 44,144 77,252 154,504 and 309,008, with no remainder.

Since 309,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 309,008, it is not a prime number.


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