Q: Is 62,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 62,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 62,424 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 62424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 153 204 216 289 306 408 459 578 612 867 918 1,156 1,224 1,734 1,836 2,312 2,601 3,468 3,672 5,202 6,936 7,803 10,404 15,606 20,808 31,212 and 62,424, with no remainder.

Since 62,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,424, it is not a prime number.


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