Q: Is 16,004,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,004,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,004,072 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 16004072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 56 68 119 136 238 476 952 16,811 33,622 67,244 117,677 134,488 235,354 285,787 470,708 571,574 941,416 1,143,148 2,000,509 2,286,296 4,001,018 8,002,036 and 16,004,072, with no remainder.

Since 16,004,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,004,072, 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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