Q: Is 490,144 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 490,144 is not a prime number.

Why is 490,144 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 490144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 53 68 106 136 212 272 289 424 544 578 848 901 1,156 1,696 1,802 2,312 3,604 4,624 7,208 9,248 14,416 15,317 28,832 30,634 61,268 122,536 245,072 and 490,144, with no remainder.

Since 490,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 490,144, it is not a prime number.


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Number 490,142490,143490,145490,146
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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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