Q: Is 23,021,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,021,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,021,724 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 23021724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 132 174,407 348,814 523,221 697,628 1,046,442 1,918,477 2,092,884 3,836,954 5,755,431 7,673,908 11,510,862 and 23,021,724, with no remainder.

Since 23,021,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,021,724, 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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