Q: Is 21,517,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,517,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,517,008 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 21517008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 113 226 339 452 678 904 1,356 1,808 2,712 3,967 5,424 7,934 11,901 15,868 23,802 31,736 47,604 63,472 95,208 190,416 448,271 896,542 1,344,813 1,793,084 2,689,626 3,586,168 5,379,252 7,172,336 10,758,504 and 21,517,008, with no remainder.

Since 21,517,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,517,008, 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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