Q: Is 27,424,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,424,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,424,940 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 27424940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 149 298 596 745 1,490 2,980 9,203 18,406 36,812 46,015 92,030 184,060 1,371,247 2,742,494 5,484,988 6,856,235 13,712,470 and 27,424,940, with no remainder.

Since 27,424,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,424,940, 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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