Q: Is 21,741,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,741,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,741,488 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 21741488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 43 86 172 344 688 31,601 63,202 126,404 252,808 505,616 1,358,843 2,717,686 5,435,372 10,870,744 and 21,741,488, with no remainder.

Since 21,741,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,741,488, 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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