Q: Is 49,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 49,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 49,608 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 49608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 53 72 78 104 106 117 156 159 212 234 312 318 424 468 477 636 689 936 954 1,272 1,378 1,908 2,067 2,756 3,816 4,134 5,512 6,201 8,268 12,402 16,536 24,804 and 49,608, with no remainder.

Since 49,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 49,608, 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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