Q: Is 24,024,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,024,168 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 24,024,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 15,889 31,778 47,667 63,556 95,334 111,223 127,112 143,001 190,668 222,446 286,002 333,669 381,336 429,003 444,892 572,004 667,338 858,006 889,784 1,001,007 1,144,008 1,334,676 1,716,012 2,002,014 2,669,352 3,003,021 3,432,024 4,004,028 6,006,042 8,008,056 12,012,084 and 24,024,168, with no remainder.

Since 24,024,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,024,168, 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).