Q: Is 2,147,648 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,147,648 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,147,648 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 2147648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 46 64 92 184 368 736 1,459 1,472 2,918 5,836 11,672 23,344 33,557 46,688 67,114 93,376 134,228 268,456 536,912 1,073,824 and 2,147,648, with no remainder.

Since 2,147,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,147,648, 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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