Q: Is 17,428,970 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,428,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,428,970 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 17428970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 13 26 65 130 169 338 845 1,690 10,313 20,626 51,565 103,130 134,069 268,138 670,345 1,340,690 1,742,897 3,485,794 8,714,485 and 17,428,970, with no remainder.

Since 17,428,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,428,970, 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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