Q: Is 24,115,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,115,212 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 24,115,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 53 54 66 99 106 108 132 159 198 212 297 318 383 396 477 583 594 636 766 954 1,149 1,166 1,188 1,431 1,532 1,749 1,908 2,298 2,332 2,862 3,447 3,498 4,213 4,596 5,247 5,724 6,894 6,996 8,426 10,341 10,494 12,639 13,788 15,741 16,852 20,299 20,682 20,988 25,278 31,482 37,917 40,598 41,364 50,556 60,897 62,964 75,834 81,196 113,751 121,794 151,668 182,691 223,289 227,502 243,588 365,382 446,578 455,004 548,073 669,867 730,764 893,156 1,096,146 1,339,734 2,009,601 2,192,292 2,679,468 4,019,202 6,028,803 8,038,404 12,057,606 and 24,115,212, with no remainder.

Since 24,115,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,115,212, 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).