Q: Is 499,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 499,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 499,848 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 499848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 59 118 177 236 353 354 472 706 708 1,059 1,412 1,416 2,118 2,824 4,236 8,472 20,827 41,654 62,481 83,308 124,962 166,616 249,924 and 499,848, with no remainder.

Since 499,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 499,848, 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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