Q: Is 21,088,971 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,088,971 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,088,971 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 21088971 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 79 237 711 2,133 9,887 29,661 88,983 266,949 781,073 2,343,219 7,029,657 and 21,088,971, with no remainder.

Since 21,088,971 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,088,971, 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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