Q: Is 486,168 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 486,168 is not a prime number.

Why is 486,168 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 486168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 47 94 141 188 282 376 431 564 862 1,128 1,293 1,724 2,586 3,448 5,172 10,344 20,257 40,514 60,771 81,028 121,542 162,056 243,084 and 486,168, with no remainder.

Since 486,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,168, 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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