Q: Is 17,387,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,387,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,387,048 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 17387048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 71 142 284 497 568 994 1,988 3,976 4,373 8,746 17,492 30,611 34,984 61,222 122,444 244,888 310,483 620,966 1,241,932 2,173,381 2,483,864 4,346,762 8,693,524 and 17,387,048, with no remainder.

Since 17,387,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,387,048, 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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