Q: Is 24,120,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,120,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,120,040 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 24120040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 280 86,143 172,286 344,572 430,715 603,001 689,144 861,430 1,206,002 1,722,860 2,412,004 3,015,005 3,445,720 4,824,008 6,030,010 12,060,020 and 24,120,040, with no remainder.

Since 24,120,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,120,040, 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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