Q: Is 16,728,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,728,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,728,502 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 16728502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 98 211 422 809 1,477 1,618 2,954 5,663 10,339 11,326 20,678 39,641 79,282 170,699 341,398 1,194,893 2,389,786 8,364,251 and 16,728,502, with no remainder.

Since 16,728,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,728,502, 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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