Q: Is 24,038,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,038,784 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 24,038,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 64 66 72 77 84 88 96 99 112 126 128 132 144 154 168 176 192 198 224 231 252 264 271 288 308 336 352 384 396 448 462 504 528 542 576 616 672 693 704 792 813 896 924 1,008 1,056 1,084 1,152 1,232 1,344 1,386 1,408 1,584 1,626 1,848 1,897 2,016 2,112 2,168 2,439 2,464 2,688 2,772 2,981 3,168 3,252 3,696 3,794 4,032 4,224 4,336 4,878 4,928 5,544 5,691 5,962 6,336 6,504 7,392 7,588 8,064 8,672 8,943 9,756 9,856 11,088 11,382 11,924 12,672 13,008 14,784 15,176 17,073 17,344 17,886 19,512 20,867 22,176 22,764 23,848 26,016 26,829 29,568 30,352 34,146 34,688 35,772 39,024 41,734 44,352 45,528 47,696 52,032 53,658 60,704 62,601 68,292 71,544 78,048 83,468 88,704 91,056 95,392 104,064 107,316 121,408 125,202 136,584 143,088 156,096 166,936 182,112 187,803 190,784 214,632 242,816 250,404 273,168 286,176 312,192 333,872 364,224 375,606 381,568 429,264 500,808 546,336 572,352 667,744 728,448 751,212 858,528 1,001,616 1,092,672 1,144,704 1,335,488 1,502,424 1,717,056 2,003,232 2,185,344 2,670,976 3,004,848 3,434,112 4,006,464 6,009,696 8,012,928 12,019,392 and 24,038,784, with no remainder.

Since 24,038,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,038,784, 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).