Q: Is 21,252,429 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,252,429 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,252,429 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 21252429 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 33 99 163 297 439 489 1,317 1,467 1,793 3,951 4,401 4,829 5,379 11,853 14,487 16,137 43,461 48,411 71,557 130,383 214,671 644,013 787,127 1,932,039 2,361,381 7,084,143 and 21,252,429, with no remainder.

Since 21,252,429 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,252,429, 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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