Q: Is 511,616 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 511,616 is not a prime number.

Why is 511,616 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 511616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 448 571 896 1,142 2,284 3,997 4,568 7,994 9,136 15,988 18,272 31,976 36,544 63,952 73,088 127,904 255,808 and 511,616, with no remainder.

Since 511,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 511,616, 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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