Q: Is 24,201,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,201,424 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 24,201,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 52 104 208 307 379 614 758 1,228 1,516 2,456 3,032 3,991 4,912 4,927 6,064 7,982 9,854 15,964 19,708 31,928 39,416 63,856 78,832 116,353 232,706 465,412 930,824 1,512,589 1,861,648 3,025,178 6,050,356 12,100,712 and 24,201,424, with no remainder.

Since 24,201,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,201,424, 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).