Q: Is 21,000,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,000,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,000,402 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 21000402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 53 106 159 318 477 954 22,013 44,026 66,039 132,078 198,117 396,234 1,166,689 2,333,378 3,500,067 7,000,134 10,500,201 and 21,000,402, with no remainder.

Since 21,000,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,000,402, 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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