Q: Is 21,700,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,700,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,700,724 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 21700724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 43 71 86 142 172 284 1,777 3,053 3,554 6,106 7,108 12,212 76,411 126,167 152,822 252,334 305,644 504,668 5,425,181 10,850,362 and 21,700,724, with no remainder.

Since 21,700,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,700,724, 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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