Q: Is 21,120,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,120,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,120,872 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 21120872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 1,193 2,213 2,386 4,426 4,772 8,852 9,544 17,704 2,640,109 5,280,218 10,560,436 and 21,120,872, with no remainder.

Since 21,120,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,120,872, 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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