Q: Is 24,125,322 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,125,322 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 24,125,322 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 43 78 86 129 258 559 1,118 1,677 3,354 7,193 14,386 21,579 43,158 93,509 187,018 280,527 309,299 561,054 618,598 927,897 1,855,794 4,020,887 8,041,774 12,062,661 and 24,125,322, with no remainder.

Since 24,125,322 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,125,322, 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).