Q: Is 427,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 427,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 427,248 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 427248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 43 46 48 54 69 72 86 92 108 129 138 144 172 184 207 216 258 276 344 368 387 414 432 516 552 621 688 774 828 989 1,032 1,104 1,161 1,242 1,548 1,656 1,978 2,064 2,322 2,484 2,967 3,096 3,312 3,956 4,644 4,968 5,934 6,192 7,912 8,901 9,288 9,936 11,868 15,824 17,802 18,576 23,736 26,703 35,604 47,472 53,406 71,208 106,812 142,416 213,624 and 427,248, with no remainder.

Since 427,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 427,248, it is not a prime number.


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