Q: Is 24,029,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,029,352 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 24,029,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 53 54 72 106 108 159 212 216 318 424 477 636 954 1,272 1,431 1,908 2,099 2,862 3,816 4,198 5,724 6,297 8,396 11,448 12,594 16,792 18,891 25,188 37,782 50,376 56,673 75,564 111,247 113,346 151,128 222,494 226,692 333,741 444,988 453,384 667,482 889,976 1,001,223 1,334,964 2,002,446 2,669,928 3,003,669 4,004,892 6,007,338 8,009,784 12,014,676 and 24,029,352, with no remainder.

Since 24,029,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,029,352, 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).