Q: Is 16,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 16,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 16,848 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 16848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 144 156 162 208 216 234 312 324 351 432 468 624 648 702 936 1,053 1,296 1,404 1,872 2,106 2,808 4,212 5,616 8,424 and 16,848, with no remainder.

Since 16,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,848, it is not a prime number.


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