Prime Justifications

Here are the reasons why the prime number 17 is truly the greatest:

• It is a prime number, duh.
• It has 15 factors (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 17, 30, 51, 85, 102, 255, 510, and 765).
• It is the smallest number that cannot be represented as a power of two.
• It's like, it's just really prime, man.

Subpages:

• 17's Mathematical Proofs
• 17's Parodies and Puns

Random Prime Facts:

Did you know that 17 is also the number of fingers on a human hand?