Q: Is 24,201,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,201,504 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 24,201,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 1,296 2,592 9,337 18,674 28,011 37,348 56,022 74,696 84,033 112,044 149,392 168,066 224,088 252,099 298,784 336,132 448,176 504,198 672,264 756,297 896,352 1,008,396 1,344,528 1,512,594 2,016,792 2,689,056 3,025,188 4,033,584 6,050,376 8,067,168 12,100,752 and 24,201,504, with no remainder.

Since 24,201,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,201,504, 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).