Q: Is 216,002,017 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 216,002,017 is not a prime number.

Why is 216,002,017 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 216002017 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 17 31 77 119 187 217 341 527 1,309 2,387 3,689 5,323 5,797 37,261 40,579 58,553 90,491 165,013 409,871 633,437 995,401 1,155,091 1,815,143 2,805,221 6,967,807 12,706,001 19,636,547 30,857,431 and 216,002,017, with no remainder.

Since 216,002,017 cannot be divided by just 1 and 216,002,017, 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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