Q: Is 17,397,738 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,397,738 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,397,738 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 17397738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 29 58 87 174 261 522 33,329 66,658 99,987 199,974 299,961 599,922 966,541 1,933,082 2,899,623 5,799,246 8,698,869 and 17,397,738, with no remainder.

Since 17,397,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,397,738, 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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