Q: Is 24,023,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,023,584 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 24,023,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 26 32 34 43 52 68 79 86 104 136 158 172 208 221 272 316 344 416 442 544 559 632 688 731 884 1,027 1,118 1,264 1,343 1,376 1,462 1,768 2,054 2,236 2,528 2,686 2,924 3,397 3,536 4,108 4,472 5,372 5,848 6,794 7,072 8,216 8,944 9,503 10,744 11,696 13,588 16,432 17,459 17,888 19,006 21,488 23,392 27,176 32,864 34,918 38,012 42,976 44,161 54,352 57,749 69,836 76,024 88,322 108,704 115,498 139,672 152,048 176,644 230,996 279,344 304,096 353,288 461,992 558,688 706,576 750,737 923,984 1,413,152 1,501,474 1,847,968 3,002,948 6,005,896 12,011,792 and 24,023,584, with no remainder.

Since 24,023,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,023,584, 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).