Q: Is 250,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 250,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 250,002 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 250002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 19 34 38 43 51 57 86 102 114 129 153 171 258 306 323 342 387 646 731 774 817 969 1,462 1,634 1,938 2,193 2,451 2,907 4,386 4,902 5,814 6,579 7,353 13,158 13,889 14,706 27,778 41,667 83,334 125,001 and 250,002, with no remainder.

Since 250,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,002, it is not a prime number.


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Number 250,000250,001250,003250,004
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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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