Q: Is 21,028,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,028,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,028,742 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 21028742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 89 98 178 623 1,246 2,411 4,361 4,822 8,722 16,877 33,754 118,139 214,579 236,278 429,158 1,502,053 3,004,106 10,514,371 and 21,028,742, with no remainder.

Since 21,028,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,028,742, 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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