Q: Is 5,098 a Prime Number?

A: No, 5,098 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,098 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 5098 can be evenly divided by 1 2 2,549 and 5,098, with no remainder.

Since 5,098 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,098, it is not a prime number.

Number	5,096	5,097	5,099	5,100
Prime?	no	no	yes	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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