Q: Is 16,009,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,009,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,009,240 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 16009240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 17 20 26 34 40 52 65 68 85 104 130 136 170 221 260 340 442 520 680 884 1,105 1,768 1,811 2,210 3,622 4,420 7,244 8,840 9,055 14,488 18,110 23,543 30,787 36,220 47,086 61,574 72,440 94,172 117,715 123,148 153,935 188,344 235,430 246,296 307,870 400,231 470,860 615,740 800,462 941,720 1,231,480 1,600,924 2,001,155 3,201,848 4,002,310 8,004,620 and 16,009,240, with no remainder.

Since 16,009,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,009,240, it is not a prime number.


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