Q: Is 508,144 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 508,144 is not a prime number.

Why is 508,144 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 508144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 52 56 91 104 112 182 208 349 364 698 728 1,396 1,456 2,443 2,792 4,537 4,886 5,584 9,074 9,772 18,148 19,544 31,759 36,296 39,088 63,518 72,592 127,036 254,072 and 508,144, with no remainder.

Since 508,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 508,144, 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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