Q: Is 24,740,456 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,740,456 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,740,456 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 24740456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 23 26 46 52 92 104 184 299 598 1,196 2,392 10,343 20,686 41,372 82,744 134,459 237,889 268,918 475,778 537,836 951,556 1,075,672 1,903,112 3,092,557 6,185,114 12,370,228 and 24,740,456, with no remainder.

Since 24,740,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,740,456, 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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