Q: Is 24,502,662 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,502,662 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,502,662 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 24502662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 50,417 100,834 151,251 302,502 453,753 907,506 1,361,259 2,722,518 4,083,777 8,167,554 12,251,331 and 24,502,662, with no remainder.

Since 24,502,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,502,662, 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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