Q: Is 24,791,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,791,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,791,724 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 24791724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 108 229,553 459,106 688,659 918,212 1,377,318 2,065,977 2,754,636 4,131,954 6,197,931 8,263,908 12,395,862 and 24,791,724, with no remainder.

Since 24,791,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,791,724, 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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