Q: Is 24,027,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,027,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,027,426 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 24027426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 34 51 102 153 233 306 337 466 674 699 1,011 1,398 2,022 2,097 3,033 3,961 4,194 5,729 6,066 7,922 11,458 11,883 17,187 23,766 34,374 35,649 51,561 71,298 78,521 103,122 157,042 235,563 471,126 706,689 1,334,857 1,413,378 2,669,714 4,004,571 8,009,142 12,013,713 and 24,027,426, with no remainder.

Since 24,027,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,027,426, 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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