Q: Is 15,167,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 15,167,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 15,167,008 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 15167008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 149 298 596 1,192 2,384 3,181 4,768 6,362 12,724 25,448 50,896 101,792 473,969 947,938 1,895,876 3,791,752 7,583,504 and 15,167,008, with no remainder.

Since 15,167,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,167,008, 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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