Q: Is 24,678,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,678,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,678,872 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 24678872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 19 38 76 152 229 458 709 916 1,418 1,832 2,836 4,351 5,672 8,702 13,471 17,404 26,942 34,808 53,884 107,768 162,361 324,722 649,444 1,298,888 3,084,859 6,169,718 12,339,436 and 24,678,872, with no remainder.

Since 24,678,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,678,872, 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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