Q: Is 21,104,272 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,104,272 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,104,272 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 21104272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 188,431 376,862 753,724 1,319,017 1,507,448 2,638,034 3,014,896 5,276,068 10,552,136 and 21,104,272, with no remainder.

Since 21,104,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,104,272, 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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