Q: Is 21,318,708 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,318,708 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,318,708 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 21318708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 139 278 417 556 834 1,668 12,781 25,562 38,343 51,124 76,686 153,372 1,776,559 3,553,118 5,329,677 7,106,236 10,659,354 and 21,318,708, with no remainder.

Since 21,318,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,318,708, 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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