Q: Is 24,260,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,260,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,260,742 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 24260742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 47 54 66 79 94 99 121 141 158 198 237 242 282 297 363 423 474 517 594 711 726 846 869 1,034 1,089 1,269 1,422 1,551 1,738 2,133 2,178 2,538 2,607 3,102 3,267 3,713 4,266 4,653 5,214 5,687 6,534 7,426 7,821 9,306 9,559 11,139 11,374 13,959 15,642 17,061 19,118 22,278 23,463 27,918 28,677 33,417 34,122 40,843 46,926 51,183 57,354 66,834 81,686 86,031 100,251 102,366 122,529 153,549 172,062 200,502 245,058 258,093 307,098 367,587 449,273 516,186 735,174 898,546 1,102,761 1,347,819 2,205,522 2,695,638 4,043,457 8,086,914 12,130,371 and 24,260,742, with no remainder.

Since 24,260,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,260,742, 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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