Q: Is 4,948 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,948 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 4948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 1,237 2,474 and 4,948, with no remainder.

Since 4,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,948, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,946	4,947	4,949	4,950
Prime?	no	no	no	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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