Q: Is 21,225,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,225,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,225,488 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 21225488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 43 86 172 344 688 30,851 61,702 123,404 246,808 493,616 1,326,593 2,653,186 5,306,372 10,612,744 and 21,225,488, with no remainder.

Since 21,225,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,225,488, 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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