Q: Is 24,155,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,155,232 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 24,155,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 32 34 38 41 48 51 57 68 76 82 96 102 114 123 136 152 164 204 228 246 272 304 323 328 361 408 456 492 544 608 646 656 697 722 779 816 912 969 984 1,083 1,292 1,312 1,394 1,444 1,558 1,632 1,824 1,938 1,968 2,091 2,166 2,337 2,584 2,788 2,888 3,116 3,876 3,936 4,182 4,332 4,674 5,168 5,576 5,776 6,137 6,232 7,752 8,364 8,664 9,348 10,336 11,152 11,552 12,274 12,464 13,243 14,801 15,504 16,728 17,328 18,411 18,696 22,304 24,548 24,928 26,486 29,602 31,008 33,456 34,656 36,822 37,392 39,729 44,403 49,096 52,972 59,204 66,912 73,644 74,784 79,458 88,806 98,192 105,944 118,408 147,288 158,916 177,612 196,384 211,888 236,816 251,617 294,576 317,832 355,224 423,776 473,632 503,234 589,152 635,664 710,448 754,851 1,006,468 1,271,328 1,420,896 1,509,702 2,012,936 3,019,404 4,025,872 6,038,808 8,051,744 12,077,616 and 24,155,232, with no remainder.

Since 24,155,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,155,232, 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).