Q: Is 24,103,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,103,008 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 24,103,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 81 96 102 108 136 144 153 162 204 216 272 288 306 324 408 432 459 544 547 612 648 816 864 918 1,094 1,224 1,296 1,377 1,632 1,641 1,836 2,188 2,448 2,592 2,754 3,282 3,672 4,376 4,896 4,923 5,508 6,564 7,344 8,752 9,299 9,846 11,016 13,128 14,688 14,769 17,504 18,598 19,692 22,032 26,256 27,897 29,538 37,196 39,384 44,064 44,307 52,512 55,794 59,076 74,392 78,768 83,691 88,614 111,588 118,152 148,784 157,536 167,382 177,228 223,176 236,304 251,073 297,568 334,764 354,456 446,352 472,608 502,146 669,528 708,912 753,219 892,704 1,004,292 1,339,056 1,417,824 1,506,438 2,008,584 2,678,112 3,012,876 4,017,168 6,025,752 8,034,336 12,051,504 and 24,103,008, with no remainder.

Since 24,103,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,103,008, 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).