Q: Is 224,424,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 224,424,120 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 224,424,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 251 502 753 1,004 1,255 1,506 2,008 2,510 3,012 3,765 5,020 6,024 7,451 7,530 10,040 14,902 15,060 22,353 29,804 30,120 37,255 44,706 59,608 74,510 89,412 111,765 149,020 178,824 223,530 298,040 447,060 894,120 1,870,201 3,740,402 5,610,603 7,480,804 9,351,005 11,221,206 14,961,608 18,702,010 22,442,412 28,053,015 37,404,020 44,884,824 56,106,030 74,808,040 112,212,060 and 224,424,120, with no remainder.

Since 224,424,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 224,424,120, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).