Q: Is 24,209,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,209,136 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 24,209,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 48 49 56 63 72 73 84 94 98 112 126 141 144 146 147 168 188 196 219 252 282 292 294 329 336 376 392 423 438 441 504 511 564 584 588 657 658 752 784 846 876 882 987 1,008 1,022 1,128 1,168 1,176 1,314 1,316 1,533 1,692 1,752 1,764 1,974 2,044 2,256 2,303 2,352 2,628 2,632 2,961 3,066 3,384 3,431 3,504 3,528 3,577 3,948 4,088 4,599 4,606 5,256 5,264 5,922 6,132 6,768 6,862 6,909 7,056 7,154 7,896 8,176 9,198 9,212 10,293 10,512 10,731 11,844 12,264 13,724 13,818 14,308 15,792 18,396 18,424 20,586 20,727 21,462 23,688 24,017 24,528 27,448 27,636 28,616 30,879 32,193 36,792 36,848 41,172 41,454 42,924 47,376 48,034 54,896 55,272 57,232 61,758 64,386 72,051 73,584 82,344 82,908 85,848 96,068 110,544 123,516 128,772 144,102 164,688 165,816 168,119 171,696 192,136 216,153 247,032 257,544 288,204 331,632 336,238 384,272 432,306 494,064 504,357 515,088 576,408 672,476 864,612 1,008,714 1,152,816 1,344,952 1,513,071 1,729,224 2,017,428 2,689,904 3,026,142 3,458,448 4,034,856 6,052,284 8,069,712 12,104,568 and 24,209,136, with no remainder.

Since 24,209,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,209,136, 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).