Q: Is 21,538,480 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,538,480 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,538,480 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 21538480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 269,231 538,462 1,076,924 1,346,155 2,153,848 2,692,310 4,307,696 5,384,620 10,769,240 and 21,538,480, with no remainder.

Since 21,538,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,538,480, 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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