Q: Is 24,235,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,235,120 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 24,235,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 182 208 260 280 364 455 520 560 728 910 1,040 1,456 1,820 3,329 3,640 6,658 7,280 13,316 16,645 23,303 26,632 33,290 43,277 46,606 53,264 66,580 86,554 93,212 116,515 133,160 173,108 186,424 216,385 233,030 266,320 302,939 346,216 372,848 432,770 466,060 605,878 692,432 865,540 932,120 1,211,756 1,514,695 1,731,080 1,864,240 2,423,512 3,029,390 3,462,160 4,847,024 6,058,780 12,117,560 and 24,235,120, with no remainder.

Since 24,235,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,235,120, 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).