Q: Is 24,042,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,042,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,042,672 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 24042672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 103 144 206 309 412 618 824 927 1,236 1,621 1,648 1,854 2,472 3,242 3,708 4,863 4,944 6,484 7,416 9,726 12,968 14,589 14,832 19,452 25,936 29,178 38,904 58,356 77,808 116,712 166,963 233,424 333,926 500,889 667,852 1,001,778 1,335,704 1,502,667 2,003,556 2,671,408 3,005,334 4,007,112 6,010,668 8,014,224 12,021,336 and 24,042,672, with no remainder.

Since 24,042,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,042,672, 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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