Q: Is 987,616 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 987,616 is not a prime number.

Why is 987,616 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 987616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 112 224 4,409 8,818 17,636 30,863 35,272 61,726 70,544 123,452 141,088 246,904 493,808 and 987,616, with no remainder.

Since 987,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 987,616, it is not a prime number.


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