Q: Is 16,424,660 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,424,660 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,424,660 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 16424660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 117,319 234,638 469,276 586,595 821,233 1,173,190 1,642,466 2,346,380 3,284,932 4,106,165 8,212,330 and 16,424,660, with no remainder.

Since 16,424,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,424,660, 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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