Q: Is 17,048,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,048,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,048,504 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 17048504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 151 302 604 1,208 1,283 1,661 2,566 3,322 5,132 6,644 10,264 13,288 14,113 28,226 56,452 112,904 193,733 387,466 774,932 1,549,864 2,131,063 4,262,126 8,524,252 and 17,048,504, with no remainder.

Since 17,048,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,048,504, 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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