Q: Is 17,420,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 17,420,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 17,420,848 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 17420848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 43 86 172 344 688 25,321 50,642 101,284 202,568 405,136 1,088,803 2,177,606 4,355,212 8,710,424 and 17,420,848, with no remainder.

Since 17,420,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,420,848, 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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