Q: Is 27,648 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,648 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,648 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 27648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 256 288 384 432 512 576 768 864 1,024 1,152 1,536 1,728 2,304 3,072 3,456 4,608 6,912 9,216 13,824 and 27,648, with no remainder.

Since 27,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,648, it is not a prime number.


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