Q: Is 24,135,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,135,112 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 24,135,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 31 62 124 248 307 317 614 634 1,228 1,268 2,456 2,536 9,517 9,827 19,034 19,654 38,068 39,308 76,136 78,616 97,319 194,638 389,276 778,552 3,016,889 6,033,778 12,067,556 and 24,135,112, with no remainder.

Since 24,135,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,135,112, 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).