Q: Is 17,987,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,987,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,987,000 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 17987000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 125 200 250 500 1,000 17,987 35,974 71,948 89,935 143,896 179,870 359,740 449,675 719,480 899,350 1,798,700 2,248,375 3,597,400 4,496,750 8,993,500 and 17,987,000, with no remainder.

Since 17,987,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,987,000, it is not a prime number.


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