Q: Is 24,122,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,122,120 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 24,122,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 73 88 110 146 220 292 365 440 584 730 751 803 1,460 1,502 1,606 2,920 3,004 3,212 3,755 4,015 6,008 6,424 7,510 8,030 8,261 15,020 16,060 16,522 30,040 32,120 33,044 41,305 54,823 66,088 82,610 109,646 165,220 219,292 274,115 330,440 438,584 548,230 603,053 1,096,460 1,206,106 2,192,920 2,412,212 3,015,265 4,824,424 6,030,530 12,061,060 and 24,122,120, with no remainder.

Since 24,122,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,122,120, 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).