Q: Is 426,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 426,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 426,608 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 426608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 52 56 91 104 112 182 208 293 364 586 728 1,172 1,456 2,051 2,344 3,809 4,102 4,688 7,618 8,204 15,236 16,408 26,663 30,472 32,816 53,326 60,944 106,652 213,304 and 426,608, with no remainder.

Since 426,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 426,608, 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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