Q: Is 21,043,017 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,043,017 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,043,017 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 21043017 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 31 93 279 811 837 961 2,433 2,883 7,299 8,649 21,897 25,141 25,947 75,423 226,269 678,807 779,371 2,338,113 7,014,339 and 21,043,017, with no remainder.

Since 21,043,017 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,043,017, 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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