Q: Is 50,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,008 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 50008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 19 28 38 47 56 76 94 133 152 188 266 329 376 532 658 893 1,064 1,316 1,786 2,632 3,572 6,251 7,144 12,502 25,004 and 50,008, with no remainder.

Since 50,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,008, 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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