Q: Is 24,741,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,741,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,741,248 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 24741248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 53 56 64 106 112 128 212 224 371 424 448 521 742 848 896 1,042 1,484 1,696 2,084 2,968 3,392 3,647 4,168 5,936 6,784 7,294 8,336 11,872 14,588 16,672 23,744 27,613 29,176 33,344 47,488 55,226 58,352 66,688 110,452 116,704 193,291 220,904 233,408 386,582 441,808 466,816 773,164 883,616 1,546,328 1,767,232 3,092,656 3,534,464 6,185,312 12,370,624 and 24,741,248, with no remainder.

Since 24,741,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,741,248, 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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