Q: Is 398,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 398,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 398,840 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 398840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 59 65 104 118 130 169 236 260 295 338 472 520 590 676 767 845 1,180 1,352 1,534 1,690 2,360 3,068 3,380 3,835 6,136 6,760 7,670 9,971 15,340 19,942 30,680 39,884 49,855 79,768 99,710 199,420 and 398,840, with no remainder.

Since 398,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 398,840, 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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