Q: Is 24,439,478 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,439,478 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,439,478 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 24439478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 23 46 71 142 161 322 497 994 1,069 1,633 2,138 3,266 7,483 11,431 14,966 22,862 24,587 49,174 75,899 151,798 172,109 344,218 531,293 1,062,586 1,745,677 3,491,354 12,219,739 and 24,439,478, with no remainder.

Since 24,439,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,439,478, 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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