Q: Is 550,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 550,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 550,248 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 550248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 101 202 227 303 404 454 606 681 808 908 1,212 1,362 1,816 2,424 2,724 5,448 22,927 45,854 68,781 91,708 137,562 183,416 275,124 and 550,248, with no remainder.

Since 550,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 550,248, 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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