Q: Is 23,424,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,424,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,424,402 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 23424402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 29 34 51 58 87 102 174 493 986 1,479 2,958 7,919 15,838 23,757 47,514 134,623 229,651 269,246 403,869 459,302 688,953 807,738 1,377,906 3,904,067 7,808,134 11,712,201 and 23,424,402, with no remainder.

Since 23,424,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,424,402, 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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