Q: Is 10,421,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,421,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,421,240 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 10421240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 61 122 244 305 488 610 1,220 2,440 4,271 8,542 17,084 21,355 34,168 42,710 85,420 170,840 260,531 521,062 1,042,124 1,302,655 2,084,248 2,605,310 5,210,620 and 10,421,240, with no remainder.

Since 10,421,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,421,240, 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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