Q: Is 24,017,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,017,940 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 24,017,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 30 34 36 45 47 51 60 68 85 90 94 102 141 153 167 170 180 188 204 235 255 282 306 334 340 423 470 501 510 564 612 668 705 765 799 835 846 940 1,002 1,020 1,410 1,503 1,530 1,598 1,670 1,692 2,004 2,115 2,397 2,505 2,820 2,839 3,006 3,060 3,196 3,340 3,995 4,230 4,794 5,010 5,678 6,012 7,191 7,515 7,849 7,990 8,460 8,517 9,588 10,020 11,356 11,985 14,195 14,382 15,030 15,698 15,980 17,034 23,547 23,970 25,551 28,390 28,764 30,060 31,396 34,068 35,955 39,245 42,585 47,094 47,940 51,102 56,780 70,641 71,910 78,490 85,170 94,188 102,204 117,735 127,755 133,433 141,282 143,820 156,980 170,340 235,470 255,510 266,866 282,564 353,205 400,299 470,940 511,020 533,732 667,165 706,410 800,598 1,200,897 1,334,330 1,412,820 1,601,196 2,001,495 2,401,794 2,668,660 4,002,990 4,803,588 6,004,485 8,005,980 12,008,970 and 24,017,940, with no remainder.

Since 24,017,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,017,940, 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).