Q: Is 24,201,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,201,432 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 24,201,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 43 72 86 129 172 258 344 387 516 774 1,032 1,548 3,096 7,817 15,634 23,451 31,268 46,902 62,536 70,353 93,804 140,706 187,608 281,412 336,131 562,824 672,262 1,008,393 1,344,524 2,016,786 2,689,048 3,025,179 4,033,572 6,050,358 8,067,144 12,100,716 and 24,201,432, with no remainder.

Since 24,201,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,201,432, 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).