Q: Is 460,272 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 460,272 is not a prime number.

Why is 460,272 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 460272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 43 48 86 129 172 223 258 344 446 516 669 688 892 1,032 1,338 1,784 2,064 2,676 3,568 5,352 9,589 10,704 19,178 28,767 38,356 57,534 76,712 115,068 153,424 230,136 and 460,272, with no remainder.

Since 460,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 460,272, 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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