Q: Is 17,215,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,215,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,215,120 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 17215120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 104 130 208 260 520 1,040 16,553 33,106 66,212 82,765 132,424 165,530 215,189 264,848 331,060 430,378 662,120 860,756 1,075,945 1,324,240 1,721,512 2,151,890 3,443,024 4,303,780 8,607,560 and 17,215,120, with no remainder.

Since 17,215,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,215,120, 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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