Q: Is 24,015,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,015,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,015,342 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 24015342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78 151 302 453 906 1,963 2,039 3,926 4,078 5,889 6,117 11,778 12,234 26,507 53,014 79,521 159,042 307,889 615,778 923,667 1,847,334 4,002,557 8,005,114 12,007,671 and 24,015,342, with no remainder.

Since 24,015,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,015,342, 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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