Q: Is 21,609,522 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,609,522 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,609,522 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 21609522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 99 198 109,139 218,278 327,417 654,834 982,251 1,200,529 1,964,502 2,401,058 3,601,587 7,203,174 10,804,761 and 21,609,522, with no remainder.

Since 21,609,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,609,522, 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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