Q: Is 24,013,626 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,013,626 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 24,013,626 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 49 61 78 91 98 103 122 147 182 183 206 273 294 309 366 427 546 618 637 721 793 854 1,274 1,281 1,339 1,442 1,586 1,911 2,163 2,379 2,562 2,678 2,989 3,822 4,017 4,326 4,758 5,047 5,551 5,978 6,283 8,034 8,967 9,373 10,094 11,102 12,566 15,141 16,653 17,934 18,746 18,849 28,119 30,282 33,306 37,698 38,857 43,981 56,238 65,611 77,714 81,679 87,962 116,571 131,222 131,943 163,358 196,833 233,142 245,037 263,886 307,867 393,666 490,074 571,753 615,734 923,601 1,143,506 1,715,259 1,847,202 3,430,518 4,002,271 8,004,542 12,006,813 and 24,013,626, with no remainder.

Since 24,013,626 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,013,626, 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).