Q: Is 17,037,748 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,037,748 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,037,748 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 17037748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 26 28 52 91 182 364 46,807 93,614 187,228 327,649 608,491 655,298 1,216,982 1,310,596 2,433,964 4,259,437 8,518,874 and 17,037,748, with no remainder.

Since 17,037,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,037,748, 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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