Q: Is 16,489,648 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,489,648 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,489,648 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 16489648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 147,229 294,458 588,916 1,030,603 1,177,832 2,061,206 2,355,664 4,122,412 8,244,824 and 16,489,648, with no remainder.

Since 16,489,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,489,648, 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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