Q: Is 887,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 887,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 887,488 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 887488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 98 112 196 224 283 392 448 566 784 1,132 1,568 1,981 2,264 3,136 3,962 4,528 7,924 9,056 13,867 15,848 18,112 27,734 31,696 55,468 63,392 110,936 126,784 221,872 443,744 and 887,488, with no remainder.

Since 887,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 887,488, it is not a prime number.


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