Q: Is 24,342,264 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,342,264 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,342,264 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 24342264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 53 72 106 159 212 318 424 477 636 954 1,272 1,908 3,816 6,379 12,758 19,137 25,516 38,274 51,032 57,411 76,548 114,822 153,096 229,644 338,087 459,288 676,174 1,014,261 1,352,348 2,028,522 2,704,696 3,042,783 4,057,044 6,085,566 8,114,088 12,171,132 and 24,342,264, with no remainder.

Since 24,342,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,342,264, 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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