Q: Is 17,875,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,875,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,875,948 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 17875948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 29 58 73 116 146 292 2,111 2,117 4,222 4,234 8,444 8,468 61,219 122,438 154,103 244,876 308,206 616,412 4,468,987 8,937,974 and 17,875,948, with no remainder.

Since 17,875,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,875,948, 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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