Q: Is 21,742,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 21,742,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 21,742,428 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 21742428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 499 998 1,497 1,996 2,994 3,631 5,988 7,262 10,893 14,524 21,786 43,572 1,811,869 3,623,738 5,435,607 7,247,476 10,871,214 and 21,742,428, with no remainder.

Since 21,742,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,742,428, it is not a prime number.


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