Q: Is 12,404,924 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,404,924 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,404,924 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 12404924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 29 58 116 203 406 812 15,277 30,554 61,108 106,939 213,878 427,756 443,033 886,066 1,772,132 3,101,231 6,202,462 and 12,404,924, with no remainder.

Since 12,404,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,404,924, 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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