Q: Is 20,743,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,743,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,743,504 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 20743504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 79 158 316 632 1,264 16,411 32,822 65,644 131,288 262,576 1,296,469 2,592,938 5,185,876 10,371,752 and 20,743,504, with no remainder.

Since 20,743,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,743,504, 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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