Q: Is 16,728,498 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,728,498 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,728,498 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 16728498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 138 207 414 621 1,242 13,469 26,938 40,407 80,814 121,221 242,442 309,787 363,663 619,574 727,326 929,361 1,858,722 2,788,083 5,576,166 8,364,249 and 16,728,498, with no remainder.

Since 16,728,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,728,498, 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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