Q: Is 24,909,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 24,909,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 24,909,072 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 24909072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 71 142 213 284 426 568 852 1,136 1,704 3,408 7,309 14,618 21,927 29,236 43,854 58,472 87,708 116,944 175,416 350,832 518,939 1,037,878 1,556,817 2,075,756 3,113,634 4,151,512 6,227,268 8,303,024 12,454,536 and 24,909,072, with no remainder.

Since 24,909,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,909,072, 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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