Q: Is 16,940 a Prime Number?
A: No, 16,940 is 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 16940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 77 110 121 140 154 220 242 308 385 484 605 770 847 1,210 1,540 1,694 2,420 3,388 4,235 8,470 and 16,940, with no remainder.
Since 16,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,940, it is not a prime number.