Q: Is 24,142,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,142,464 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 24,142,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 128 144 152 171 192 228 288 304 342 384 456 576 608 684 912 1,103 1,152 1,216 1,368 1,824 2,206 2,432 2,736 3,309 3,648 4,412 5,472 6,618 7,296 8,824 9,927 10,944 13,236 17,648 19,854 20,957 21,888 26,472 35,296 39,708 41,914 52,944 62,871 70,592 79,416 83,828 105,888 125,742 141,184 158,832 167,656 188,613 211,776 251,484 317,664 335,312 377,226 423,552 502,968 635,328 670,624 754,452 1,005,936 1,270,656 1,341,248 1,508,904 2,011,872 2,682,496 3,017,808 4,023,744 6,035,616 8,047,488 12,071,232 and 24,142,464, with no remainder.

Since 24,142,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,142,464, 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).