Q: Is 487,816 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 487,816 is not a prime number.

Why is 487,816 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 487816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 56 62 124 217 248 281 434 562 868 1,124 1,736 1,967 2,248 3,934 7,868 8,711 15,736 17,422 34,844 60,977 69,688 121,954 243,908 and 487,816, with no remainder.

Since 487,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 487,816, 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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