Q: Is 10,424,421 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,424,421 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,424,421 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 10424421 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 63 337 491 1,011 1,473 2,359 3,033 3,437 4,419 7,077 10,311 21,231 30,933 165,467 496,401 1,158,269 1,489,203 3,474,807 and 10,424,421, with no remainder.

Since 10,424,421 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,424,421, 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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