Q: Is 485,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 485,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 485,072 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 485072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 61 71 112 122 142 244 284 427 488 497 568 854 976 994 1,136 1,708 1,988 3,416 3,976 4,331 6,832 7,952 8,662 17,324 30,317 34,648 60,634 69,296 121,268 242,536 and 485,072, with no remainder.

Since 485,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 485,072, 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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