Q: Is 17,008,516 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,008,516 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,008,516 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 17008516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 131 262 524 917 1,834 3,668 4,637 9,274 18,548 32,459 64,918 129,836 607,447 1,214,894 2,429,788 4,252,129 8,504,258 and 17,008,516, with no remainder.

Since 17,008,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,008,516, 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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