Q: Is 12,000,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,000,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,000,024 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 12000024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 166,667 333,334 500,001 666,668 1,000,002 1,333,336 1,500,003 2,000,004 3,000,006 4,000,008 6,000,012 and 12,000,024, with no remainder.

Since 12,000,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,000,024, 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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