Q: Is 20,844 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,844 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,844 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 20844 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 108 193 386 579 772 1,158 1,737 2,316 3,474 5,211 6,948 10,422 and 20,844, with no remainder.

Since 20,844 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,844, 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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