Q: Is 24,246,222 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,246,222 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 24,246,222 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 121 143 154 182 231 242 273 286 363 367 429 462 546 726 734 847 858 1,001 1,101 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,202 2,541 2,569 3,003 3,146 4,037 4,719 4,771 5,082 5,138 6,006 7,707 8,074 9,438 9,542 11,011 12,111 14,313 15,414 22,022 24,222 28,259 28,626 33,033 33,397 44,407 52,481 56,518 66,066 66,794 84,777 88,814 100,191 104,962 133,221 157,443 169,554 200,382 266,442 310,849 314,886 367,367 577,291 621,698 734,734 932,547 1,102,101 1,154,582 1,731,873 1,865,094 2,204,202 3,463,746 4,041,037 8,082,074 12,123,111 and 24,246,222, with no remainder.

Since 24,246,222 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,246,222, 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).