Q: Is 24,004,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,004,344 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 24,004,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 29 39 42 52 56 58 78 84 87 91 104 116 156 168 174 182 203 232 273 312 348 364 377 379 406 546 609 696 728 754 758 812 1,092 1,131 1,137 1,218 1,508 1,516 1,624 2,184 2,262 2,274 2,436 2,639 2,653 3,016 3,032 4,524 4,548 4,872 4,927 5,278 5,306 7,917 7,959 9,048 9,096 9,854 10,556 10,612 10,991 14,781 15,834 15,918 19,708 21,112 21,224 21,982 29,562 31,668 31,836 32,973 34,489 39,416 43,964 59,124 63,336 63,672 65,946 68,978 76,937 87,928 103,467 118,248 131,892 137,956 142,883 153,874 206,934 230,811 263,784 275,912 285,766 307,748 413,868 428,649 461,622 571,532 615,496 827,736 857,298 923,244 1,000,181 1,143,064 1,714,596 1,846,488 2,000,362 3,000,543 3,429,192 4,000,724 6,001,086 8,001,448 12,002,172 and 24,004,344, with no remainder.

Since 24,004,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,004,344, 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).