Q: Is 16,717,477 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,717,477 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,717,477 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 16717477 can be evenly divided by 1 7 17 47 49 61 119 329 343 427 799 833 1,037 2,303 2,867 2,989 5,593 5,831 7,259 16,121 20,069 20,923 39,151 48,739 50,813 140,483 274,057 341,173 355,691 983,381 2,388,211 and 16,717,477, with no remainder.

Since 16,717,477 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,717,477, 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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