Q: Is 21,426,041 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,426,041 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,426,041 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 21426041 can be evenly divided by 1 7 13 23 29 91 161 203 299 353 377 667 2,093 2,471 2,639 4,589 4,669 8,119 8,671 10,237 32,123 56,833 60,697 71,659 105,547 133,081 235,451 738,829 931,567 1,648,157 3,060,863 and 21,426,041, with no remainder.

Since 21,426,041 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,426,041, 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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