Q: Is 24,038,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,038,170 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 24,038,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 13 17 26 34 65 73 85 130 146 149 170 221 298 365 442 730 745 949 1,105 1,241 1,490 1,898 1,937 2,210 2,482 2,533 3,874 4,745 5,066 6,205 9,490 9,685 10,877 12,410 12,665 16,133 19,370 21,754 25,330 32,266 32,929 54,385 65,858 80,665 108,770 141,401 161,330 164,645 184,909 282,802 329,290 369,818 707,005 924,545 1,414,010 1,849,090 2,403,817 4,807,634 12,019,085 and 24,038,170, with no remainder.

Since 24,038,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,038,170, 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).