Q: Is 16,142,607 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,142,607 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,142,607 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 16142607 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 39 117 281 491 843 1,473 2,529 3,653 4,419 6,383 10,959 19,149 32,877 57,447 137,971 413,913 1,241,739 1,793,623 5,380,869 and 16,142,607, with no remainder.

Since 16,142,607 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,142,607, 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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