Q: Is 486,648 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 486,648 is not a prime number.

Why is 486,648 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 486648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 324 648 751 1,502 2,253 3,004 4,506 6,008 6,759 9,012 13,518 18,024 20,277 27,036 40,554 54,072 60,831 81,108 121,662 162,216 243,324 and 486,648, with no remainder.

Since 486,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,648, 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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