Q: Is 491,288 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 491,288 is not a prime number.

Why is 491,288 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 491288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 56 62 124 217 248 283 434 566 868 1,132 1,736 1,981 2,264 3,962 7,924 8,773 15,848 17,546 35,092 61,411 70,184 122,822 245,644 and 491,288, with no remainder.

Since 491,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 491,288, 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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