Q: Is 24,222,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,222,000 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 24,222,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 25 30 33 40 44 48 50 55 60 66 75 80 88 100 110 120 125 132 150 165 176 200 220 240 250 264 275 300 330 367 375 400 440 500 528 550 600 660 734 750 825 880 1,000 1,100 1,101 1,200 1,320 1,375 1,468 1,500 1,650 1,835 2,000 2,200 2,202 2,640 2,750 2,936 3,000 3,300 3,670 4,037 4,125 4,400 4,404 5,500 5,505 5,872 6,000 6,600 7,340 8,074 8,250 8,808 9,175 11,000 11,010 12,111 13,200 14,680 16,148 16,500 17,616 18,350 20,185 22,000 22,020 24,222 27,525 29,360 32,296 33,000 36,700 40,370 44,040 45,875 48,444 55,050 60,555 64,592 66,000 73,400 80,740 88,080 91,750 96,888 100,925 110,100 121,110 137,625 146,800 161,480 183,500 193,776 201,850 220,200 242,220 275,250 302,775 322,960 367,000 403,700 440,400 484,440 504,625 550,500 605,550 734,000 807,400 968,880 1,009,250 1,101,000 1,211,100 1,513,875 1,614,800 2,018,500 2,202,000 2,422,200 3,027,750 4,037,000 4,844,400 6,055,500 8,074,000 12,111,000 and 24,222,000, with no remainder.

Since 24,222,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,222,000, 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).