Q: Is 21,423,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,423,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,423,040 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 21423040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 160 320 66,947 133,894 267,788 334,735 535,576 669,470 1,071,152 1,338,940 2,142,304 2,677,880 4,284,608 5,355,760 10,711,520 and 21,423,040, with no remainder.

Since 21,423,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,423,040, 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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