Q: Is 24,043,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,043,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,043,240 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 24043240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 104 130 260 520 46,237 92,474 184,948 231,185 369,896 462,370 601,081 924,740 1,202,162 1,849,480 2,404,324 3,005,405 4,808,648 6,010,810 12,021,620 and 24,043,240, with no remainder.

Since 24,043,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,043,240, 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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