Q: Is 988,944 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 988,944 is not a prime number.

Why is 988,944 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 988944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 264 528 1,873 3,746 5,619 7,492 11,238 14,984 20,603 22,476 29,968 41,206 44,952 61,809 82,412 89,904 123,618 164,824 247,236 329,648 494,472 and 988,944, with no remainder.

Since 988,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 988,944, it is not a prime number.


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