Q: Is 985,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 985,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 985,072 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 985072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 29 44 58 88 116 176 193 232 319 386 464 638 772 1,276 1,544 2,123 2,552 3,088 4,246 5,104 5,597 8,492 11,194 16,984 22,388 33,968 44,776 61,567 89,552 123,134 246,268 492,536 and 985,072, with no remainder.

Since 985,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 985,072, 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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