Q: Is 21,098,748 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,098,748 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,098,748 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 21098748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 132 159,839 319,678 479,517 639,356 959,034 1,758,229 1,918,068 3,516,458 5,274,687 7,032,916 10,549,374 and 21,098,748, with no remainder.

Since 21,098,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,098,748, 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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