Q: Is 16,676,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,676,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,676,720 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 16676720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 208,459 416,918 833,836 1,042,295 1,667,672 2,084,590 3,335,344 4,169,180 8,338,360 and 16,676,720, with no remainder.

Since 16,676,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,676,720, 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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