Q: Is 21,548,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,548,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,548,502 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 21548502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 89 178 267 534 801 1,602 13,451 26,902 40,353 80,706 121,059 242,118 1,197,139 2,394,278 3,591,417 7,182,834 10,774,251 and 21,548,502, with no remainder.

Since 21,548,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,548,502, 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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