Q: Is 17,379,004 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,379,004 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,379,004 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 17379004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 29 58 116 233 466 643 932 1,286 2,572 6,757 13,514 18,647 27,028 37,294 74,588 149,819 299,638 599,276 4,344,751 8,689,502 and 17,379,004, with no remainder.

Since 17,379,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,379,004, 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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