Q: Is 24,048,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,048,864 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 24,048,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 79 84 96 112 126 144 151 158 168 224 237 252 288 302 316 336 453 474 504 553 604 632 672 711 906 948 1,008 1,057 1,106 1,208 1,264 1,359 1,422 1,659 1,812 1,896 2,016 2,114 2,212 2,416 2,528 2,718 2,844 3,171 3,318 3,624 3,792 4,228 4,424 4,832 4,977 5,436 5,688 6,342 6,636 7,248 7,584 8,456 8,848 9,513 9,954 10,872 11,376 11,929 12,684 13,272 14,496 16,912 17,696 19,026 19,908 21,744 22,752 23,858 25,368 26,544 33,824 35,787 38,052 39,816 43,488 47,716 50,736 53,088 71,574 76,104 79,632 83,503 95,432 101,472 107,361 143,148 152,208 159,264 167,006 190,864 214,722 250,509 286,296 304,416 334,012 381,728 429,444 501,018 572,592 668,024 751,527 858,888 1,002,036 1,145,184 1,336,048 1,503,054 1,717,776 2,004,072 2,672,096 3,006,108 3,435,552 4,008,144 6,012,216 8,016,288 12,024,432 and 24,048,864, with no remainder.

Since 24,048,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,048,864, 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).