Q: Is 24,111,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,111,864 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 24,111,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 37 42 54 56 63 72 74 84 108 111 126 148 168 189 216 222 252 259 296 333 378 431 444 504 518 666 756 777 862 888 999 1,036 1,293 1,332 1,512 1,554 1,724 1,998 2,072 2,331 2,586 2,664 3,017 3,108 3,448 3,879 3,996 4,662 5,172 6,034 6,216 6,993 7,758 7,992 9,051 9,324 10,344 11,637 12,068 13,986 15,516 15,947 18,102 18,648 23,274 24,136 27,153 27,972 31,032 31,894 36,204 46,548 47,841 54,306 55,944 63,788 72,408 81,459 93,096 95,682 108,612 111,629 127,576 143,523 162,918 191,364 217,224 223,258 287,046 325,836 334,887 382,728 430,569 446,516 574,092 651,672 669,774 861,138 893,032 1,004,661 1,148,184 1,339,548 1,722,276 2,009,322 2,679,096 3,013,983 3,444,552 4,018,644 6,027,966 8,037,288 12,055,932 and 24,111,864, with no remainder.

Since 24,111,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,111,864, 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).