Q: Is 24,125,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,125,738 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 24,125,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 26 29 49 58 91 98 182 203 377 406 637 653 754 1,274 1,306 1,421 2,639 2,842 4,571 5,278 8,489 9,142 16,978 18,473 18,937 31,997 36,946 37,874 59,423 63,994 118,846 132,559 246,181 265,118 415,961 492,362 831,922 927,913 1,723,267 1,855,826 3,446,534 12,062,869 and 24,125,738, with no remainder.

Since 24,125,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,125,738, 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).