Q: Is 16,487,088 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,487,088 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,487,088 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 16487088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 343,481 686,962 1,030,443 1,373,924 2,060,886 2,747,848 4,121,772 5,495,696 8,243,544 and 16,487,088, with no remainder.

Since 16,487,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,487,088, 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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