Q: Is 17,024 a Prime Number?

A: No, 17,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,024 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 17024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 56 64 76 112 128 133 152 224 266 304 448 532 608 896 1,064 1,216 2,128 2,432 4,256 8,512 and 17,024, with no remainder.

Since 17,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,024, it is not a prime number.

Number	17,022	17,023	17,025	17,026
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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