Q: Is 21,040,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,040,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,040,424 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 21040424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 34 68 71 136 142 284 568 1,207 2,179 2,414 4,358 4,828 8,716 9,656 17,432 37,043 74,086 148,172 154,709 296,344 309,418 618,836 1,237,672 2,630,053 5,260,106 10,520,212 and 21,040,424, with no remainder.

Since 21,040,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,040,424, 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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