Q: Is 490,842 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 490,842 is not a prime number.

Why is 490,842 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 490842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 37 66 67 74 99 111 134 198 201 222 333 402 407 603 666 737 814 1,206 1,221 1,474 2,211 2,442 2,479 3,663 4,422 4,958 6,633 7,326 7,437 13,266 14,874 22,311 27,269 44,622 54,538 81,807 163,614 245,421 and 490,842, with no remainder.

Since 490,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 490,842, it is not a prime number.


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