Q: Is 898,899 a Prime Number?

A: No, 898,899 is not a prime number.

Why is 898,899 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 898899 can be evenly divided by 1 3 97 291 3,089 9,267 299,633 and 898,899, with no remainder.

Since 898,899 cannot be divided by just 1 and 898,899, it is not a prime number.

Number	898,897	898,898	898,900	898,901
Prime?	yes	no	no	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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