Q: Is 24,115,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,115,000 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 24,115,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 25 26 28 35 40 50 52 53 56 65 70 91 100 104 106 125 130 140 175 182 200 212 250 260 265 280 325 350 364 371 424 455 500 520 530 625 650 689 700 728 742 875 910 1,000 1,060 1,250 1,300 1,325 1,378 1,400 1,484 1,625 1,750 1,820 1,855 2,120 2,275 2,500 2,600 2,650 2,756 2,968 3,250 3,445 3,500 3,640 3,710 4,375 4,550 4,823 5,000 5,300 5,512 6,500 6,625 6,890 7,000 7,420 8,125 8,750 9,100 9,275 9,646 10,600 11,375 13,000 13,250 13,780 14,840 16,250 17,225 17,500 18,200 18,550 19,292 22,750 24,115 26,500 27,560 32,500 33,125 34,450 35,000 37,100 38,584 45,500 46,375 48,230 53,000 56,875 65,000 66,250 68,900 74,200 86,125 91,000 92,750 96,460 113,750 120,575 132,500 137,800 172,250 185,500 192,920 227,500 231,875 241,150 265,000 344,500 371,000 430,625 455,000 463,750 482,300 602,875 689,000 861,250 927,500 964,600 1,205,750 1,722,500 1,855,000 2,411,500 3,014,375 3,445,000 4,823,000 6,028,750 12,057,500 and 24,115,000, with no remainder.

Since 24,115,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,115,000, 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).