Q: Is 24,000,262 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,000,262 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,000,262 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 24000262 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 13 22 26 31 62 143 286 341 403 682 806 2,707 4,433 5,414 8,866 29,777 35,191 59,554 70,382 83,917 167,834 387,101 774,202 923,087 1,090,921 1,846,174 2,181,842 12,000,131 and 24,000,262, with no remainder.

Since 24,000,262 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,000,262, 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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