Q: Is 21,408,867 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,408,867 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,408,867 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 21408867 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 113 339 1,017 2,339 3,051 7,017 9,153 21,051 63,153 189,459 264,307 792,921 2,378,763 7,136,289 and 21,408,867, with no remainder.

Since 21,408,867 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,408,867, 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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