Q: Is 24,115,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,115,440 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 24,115,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 89 120 178 240 267 356 445 534 712 890 1,068 1,129 1,335 1,424 1,780 2,136 2,258 2,670 3,387 3,560 4,272 4,516 5,340 5,645 6,774 7,120 9,032 10,680 11,290 13,548 16,935 18,064 21,360 22,580 27,096 33,870 45,160 54,192 67,740 90,320 100,481 135,480 200,962 270,960 301,443 401,924 502,405 602,886 803,848 1,004,810 1,205,772 1,507,215 1,607,696 2,009,620 2,411,544 3,014,430 4,019,240 4,823,088 6,028,860 8,038,480 12,057,720 and 24,115,440, with no remainder.

Since 24,115,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,115,440, 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).