Q: Is 24,742,820 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,742,820 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,742,820 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 24742820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 61 68 85 122 170 244 305 340 610 1,037 1,193 1,220 2,074 2,386 4,148 4,772 5,185 5,965 10,370 11,930 20,281 20,740 23,860 40,562 72,773 81,124 101,405 145,546 202,810 291,092 363,865 405,620 727,730 1,237,141 1,455,460 2,474,282 4,948,564 6,185,705 12,371,410 and 24,742,820, with no remainder.

Since 24,742,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,742,820, 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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