Q: Is 24,139,962 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,139,962 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,139,962 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 24139962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 63 66 77 99 126 154 198 231 462 693 1,386 17,417 34,834 52,251 104,502 121,919 156,753 191,587 243,838 313,506 365,757 383,174 574,761 731,514 1,097,271 1,149,522 1,341,109 1,724,283 2,194,542 2,682,218 3,448,566 4,023,327 8,046,654 12,069,981 and 24,139,962, with no remainder.

Since 24,139,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,139,962, 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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