Q: Is 998,536 a Prime Number?
A: No, 998,536 is 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 998536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 154 308 616 1,621 3,242 6,484 11,347 12,968 17,831 22,694 35,662 45,388 71,324 90,776 124,817 142,648 249,634 499,268 and 998,536, with no remainder.
Since 998,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 998,536, it is not a prime number.