Q: Is 21,438,999 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,438,999 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,438,999 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 21438999 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 61 81 183 549 1,647 4,339 4,941 13,017 39,051 117,153 264,679 351,459 794,037 2,382,111 7,146,333 and 21,438,999, with no remainder.

Since 21,438,999 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,438,999, 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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