Q: Is 21,108,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,108,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,108,072 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 21108072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 557 1,114 1,579 1,671 2,228 3,158 3,342 4,456 4,737 6,316 6,684 9,474 12,632 13,368 18,948 37,896 879,503 1,759,006 2,638,509 3,518,012 5,277,018 7,036,024 10,554,036 and 21,108,072, with no remainder.

Since 21,108,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,108,072, 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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