Q: Is 24,210,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,210,432 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 24,210,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 64 71 72 74 96 111 128 142 144 148 192 213 222 256 284 288 296 333 384 426 444 512 568 576 592 639 666 768 852 888 1,024 1,136 1,152 1,184 1,278 1,332 1,536 1,704 1,776 2,272 2,304 2,368 2,556 2,627 2,664 3,072 3,408 3,552 4,544 4,608 4,736 5,112 5,254 5,328 6,816 7,104 7,881 9,088 9,216 9,472 10,224 10,508 10,656 13,632 14,208 15,762 18,176 18,944 20,448 21,016 21,312 23,643 27,264 28,416 31,524 36,352 37,888 40,896 42,032 42,624 47,286 54,528 56,832 63,048 72,704 81,792 84,064 85,248 94,572 109,056 113,664 126,096 163,584 168,128 170,496 189,144 218,112 252,192 327,168 336,256 340,992 378,288 504,384 654,336 672,512 756,576 1,008,768 1,345,024 1,513,152 2,017,536 2,690,048 3,026,304 4,035,072 6,052,608 8,070,144 12,105,216 and 24,210,432, with no remainder.

Since 24,210,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,210,432, 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).