Q: Is 16,536 a Prime Number?
A: No, 16,536 is 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 16536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 53 78 104 106 156 159 212 312 318 424 636 689 1,272 1,378 2,067 2,756 4,134 5,512 8,268 and 16,536, with no remainder.
Since 16,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,536, it is not a prime number.