Q: Is 480,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 480,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 480,872 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 480872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 56 62 124 217 248 277 434 554 868 1,108 1,736 1,939 2,216 3,878 7,756 8,587 15,512 17,174 34,348 60,109 68,696 120,218 240,436 and 480,872, with no remainder.

Since 480,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 480,872, it is not a prime number.


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