Q: Is 24,004,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,004,032 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 24,004,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 59 64 78 96 104 118 156 163 177 192 208 236 312 326 354 416 472 489 624 652 708 767 832 944 978 1,248 1,304 1,416 1,534 1,888 1,956 2,119 2,301 2,496 2,608 2,832 3,068 3,776 3,912 4,238 4,602 5,216 5,664 6,136 6,357 7,824 8,476 9,204 9,617 10,432 11,328 12,272 12,714 15,648 16,952 18,408 19,234 24,544 25,428 28,851 31,296 33,904 36,816 38,468 49,088 50,856 57,702 67,808 73,632 76,936 101,712 115,404 125,021 135,616 147,264 153,872 203,424 230,808 250,042 307,744 375,063 406,848 461,616 500,084 615,488 750,126 923,232 1,000,168 1,500,252 1,846,464 2,000,336 3,000,504 4,000,672 6,001,008 8,001,344 12,002,016 and 24,004,032, with no remainder.

Since 24,004,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,004,032, 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).