Q: Is 491,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 491,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 491,008 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 491008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 137 224 256 274 448 512 548 896 959 1,096 1,792 1,918 2,192 3,584 3,836 4,384 7,672 8,768 15,344 17,536 30,688 35,072 61,376 70,144 122,752 245,504 and 491,008, with no remainder.

Since 491,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 491,008, it is not a prime number.


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Number 491,006491,007491,009491,010
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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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