Q: Is 29,988 a Prime Number?
A: No, 29,988 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 29988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 28 34 36 42 49 51 63 68 84 98 102 119 126 147 153 196 204 238 252 294 306 357 441 476 588 612 714 833 882 1,071 1,428 1,666 1,764 2,142 2,499 3,332 4,284 4,998 7,497 9,996 14,994 and 29,988, with no remainder.
Since 29,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 29,988, it is not a prime number.