Q: Is 21,424,520 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,424,520 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,424,520 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 21424520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 104 130 260 520 41,201 82,402 164,804 206,005 329,608 412,010 535,613 824,020 1,071,226 1,648,040 2,142,452 2,678,065 4,284,904 5,356,130 10,712,260 and 21,424,520, with no remainder.

Since 21,424,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,424,520, 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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