Q: Is 17,820 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,820 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,820 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 17820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 54 55 60 66 81 90 99 108 110 132 135 162 165 180 198 220 270 297 324 330 396 405 495 540 594 660 810 891 990 1,188 1,485 1,620 1,782 1,980 2,970 3,564 4,455 5,940 8,910 and 17,820, with no remainder.

Since 17,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,820, it is not a prime number.


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