Q: Is 898,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 898,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 898,000 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 898000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 125 200 250 400 449 500 898 1,000 1,796 2,000 2,245 3,592 4,490 7,184 8,980 11,225 17,960 22,450 35,920 44,900 56,125 89,800 112,250 179,600 224,500 449,000 and 898,000, with no remainder.

Since 898,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 898,000, it is not a prime number.


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