Q: Is 24,063,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,063,024 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 24,063,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 37 48 51 68 74 102 111 136 148 204 222 272 296 408 444 592 629 797 816 888 1,258 1,594 1,776 1,887 2,391 2,516 3,188 3,774 4,782 5,032 6,376 7,548 9,564 10,064 12,752 13,549 15,096 19,128 27,098 29,489 30,192 38,256 40,647 54,196 58,978 81,294 88,467 108,392 117,956 162,588 176,934 216,784 235,912 325,176 353,868 471,824 501,313 650,352 707,736 1,002,626 1,415,472 1,503,939 2,005,252 3,007,878 4,010,504 6,015,756 8,021,008 12,031,512 and 24,063,024, with no remainder.

Since 24,063,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,063,024, 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).