Q: Is 17,231,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,231,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,231,504 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 17231504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 73 146 292 584 1,168 14,753 29,506 59,012 118,024 236,048 1,076,969 2,153,938 4,307,876 8,615,752 and 17,231,504, with no remainder.

Since 17,231,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,231,504, 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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