Q: Is 118,496 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,496 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,496 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 118496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 23 28 32 46 56 92 112 161 184 224 322 368 529 644 736 1,058 1,288 2,116 2,576 3,703 4,232 5,152 7,406 8,464 14,812 16,928 29,624 59,248 and 118,496, with no remainder.

Since 118,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,496, 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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