Q: Is 488,696 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 488,696 is not a prime number.

Why is 488,696 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 488696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 37 52 74 104 127 148 254 296 481 508 962 1,016 1,651 1,924 3,302 3,848 4,699 6,604 9,398 13,208 18,796 37,592 61,087 122,174 244,348 and 488,696, with no remainder.

Since 488,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 488,696, 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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