Q: Is 23,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,744 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 23744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 53 56 64 106 112 212 224 371 424 448 742 848 1,484 1,696 2,968 3,392 5,936 11,872 and 23,744, with no remainder.

Since 23,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,744, it is not a prime number.


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