Q: Is 4,048 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,048 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 4048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 23 44 46 88 92 176 184 253 368 506 1,012 2,024 and 4,048, with no remainder.

Since 4,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,048, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,046	4,047	4,049	4,050
Prime?	no	no	yes	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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