Q: Is 488,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 488,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 488,488 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 488488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 61 77 88 91 104 122 143 154 182 244 286 308 364 427 488 572 616 671 728 793 854 1,001 1,144 1,342 1,586 1,708 2,002 2,684 3,172 3,416 4,004 4,697 5,368 5,551 6,344 8,008 8,723 9,394 11,102 17,446 18,788 22,204 34,892 37,576 44,408 61,061 69,784 122,122 244,244 and 488,488, with no remainder.

Since 488,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 488,488, it is not a prime number.


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