Q: Is 21,231,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,231,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,231,048 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 21231048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 229 458 687 916 1,374 1,832 2,748 3,863 5,496 7,726 11,589 15,452 23,178 30,904 46,356 92,712 884,627 1,769,254 2,653,881 3,538,508 5,307,762 7,077,016 10,615,524 and 21,231,048, with no remainder.

Since 21,231,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,231,048, 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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