Q: Is 21,337,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,337,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,337,872 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 21337872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 444,539 889,078 1,333,617 1,778,156 2,667,234 3,556,312 5,334,468 7,112,624 10,668,936 and 21,337,872, with no remainder.

Since 21,337,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,337,872, 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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