Q: Is 24,201,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,201,440 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 24,201,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 32 38 40 76 80 95 152 160 190 304 361 380 419 608 722 760 838 1,444 1,520 1,676 1,805 2,095 2,888 3,040 3,352 3,610 4,190 5,776 6,704 7,220 7,961 8,380 11,552 13,408 14,440 15,922 16,760 28,880 31,844 33,520 39,805 57,760 63,688 67,040 79,610 127,376 151,259 159,220 254,752 302,518 318,440 605,036 636,880 756,295 1,210,072 1,273,760 1,512,590 2,420,144 3,025,180 4,840,288 6,050,360 12,100,720 and 24,201,440, with no remainder.

Since 24,201,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,201,440, 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).