Q: Is 24,054,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,054,408 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 24,054,408 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 81 84 108 126 162 168 189 216 252 324 378 504 567 648 756 1,134 1,512 2,268 4,536 5,303 10,606 15,909 21,212 31,818 37,121 42,424 47,727 63,636 74,242 95,454 111,363 127,272 143,181 148,484 190,908 222,726 286,362 296,968 334,089 381,816 429,543 445,452 572,724 668,178 859,086 890,904 1,002,267 1,145,448 1,336,356 1,718,172 2,004,534 2,672,712 3,006,801 3,436,344 4,009,068 6,013,602 8,018,136 12,027,204 and 24,054,408, with no remainder.

Since 24,054,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,054,408, 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).