Q: Is 498,848 a Prime Number?
A: No, 498,848 is 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 498848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 56 68 112 119 131 136 224 238 262 272 476 524 544 917 952 1,048 1,834 1,904 2,096 2,227 3,668 3,808 4,192 4,454 7,336 8,908 14,672 15,589 17,816 29,344 31,178 35,632 62,356 71,264 124,712 249,424 and 498,848, with no remainder.
Since 498,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 498,848, it is not a prime number.