Q: Is 24,072,494 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,072,494 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,072,494 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 24072494 can be evenly divided by 1 2 29 41 53 58 82 106 191 382 1,189 1,537 2,173 2,378 3,074 4,346 5,539 7,831 10,123 11,078 15,662 20,246 63,017 126,034 227,099 293,567 415,043 454,198 587,134 830,086 12,036,247 and 24,072,494, with no remainder.

Since 24,072,494 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,072,494, 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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