Q: Is 498,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 498,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 498,432 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 498432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 59 64 66 88 96 118 128 132 176 177 192 236 256 264 352 354 384 472 528 649 704 708 768 944 1,056 1,298 1,408 1,416 1,888 1,947 2,112 2,596 2,816 2,832 3,776 3,894 4,224 5,192 5,664 7,552 7,788 8,448 10,384 11,328 15,104 15,576 20,768 22,656 31,152 41,536 45,312 62,304 83,072 124,608 166,144 249,216 and 498,432, with no remainder.

Since 498,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 498,432, 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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