Q: Is 20,496 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,496 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,496 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 20496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 61 84 112 122 168 183 244 336 366 427 488 732 854 976 1,281 1,464 1,708 2,562 2,928 3,416 5,124 6,832 10,248 and 20,496, with no remainder.

Since 20,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,496, 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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