Q: Is 486,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 486,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 486,472 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 486472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 49 56 68 73 98 119 136 146 196 238 292 392 476 511 584 833 952 1,022 1,241 1,666 2,044 2,482 3,332 3,577 4,088 4,964 6,664 7,154 8,687 9,928 14,308 17,374 28,616 34,748 60,809 69,496 121,618 243,236 and 486,472, with no remainder.

Since 486,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,472, 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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