Q: Is 106,418,421 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 106,418,421 is not a prime number.

Why is 106,418,421 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 106418421 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 43 71 129 213 387 639 1,161 1,291 1,917 3,053 3,873 9,159 11,619 27,477 34,857 55,513 82,431 91,661 166,539 274,983 499,617 824,949 1,498,851 2,474,847 3,941,423 11,824,269 35,472,807 and 106,418,421, with no remainder.

Since 106,418,421 cannot be divided by just 1 and 106,418,421, 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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