Q: Is 21,490,497 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,490,497 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,490,497 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 21490497 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 43 63 129 301 387 903 2,709 7,933 23,799 55,531 71,397 166,593 341,119 499,779 1,023,357 2,387,833 3,070,071 7,163,499 and 21,490,497, with no remainder.

Since 21,490,497 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,490,497, 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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