Q: Is 27,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,216 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 27216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 243 252 324 336 378 432 486 504 567 648 756 972 1,008 1,134 1,296 1,512 1,701 1,944 2,268 3,024 3,402 3,888 4,536 6,804 9,072 13,608 and 27,216, with no remainder.

Since 27,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,216, it is not a prime number.


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