Q: Is 490,296 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 490,296 is not a prime number.

Why is 490,296 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 490296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 31 62 93 124 186 248 372 659 744 1,318 1,977 2,636 3,954 5,272 7,908 15,816 20,429 40,858 61,287 81,716 122,574 163,432 245,148 and 490,296, with no remainder.

Since 490,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 490,296, 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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