Q: Is 27,424,929 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,424,929 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,424,929 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 27424929 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 61 79 183 237 271 427 553 813 1,281 1,659 1,897 4,819 5,691 14,457 16,531 21,409 33,733 49,593 64,227 101,199 115,717 149,863 347,151 449,589 1,305,949 3,917,847 9,141,643 and 27,424,929, with no remainder.

Since 27,424,929 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,424,929, 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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