Q: Is 50,008,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,008,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,008,248 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 50008248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 694,559 1,389,118 2,083,677 2,778,236 4,167,354 5,556,472 6,251,031 8,334,708 12,502,062 16,669,416 25,004,124 and 50,008,248, with no remainder.

Since 50,008,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,008,248, 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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