Q: Is 24,246,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,246,324 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 24,246,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 43 46 54 69 86 92 108 129 138 172 207 227 258 276 387 414 454 516 621 681 774 828 908 989 1,161 1,242 1,362 1,548 1,978 2,043 2,322 2,484 2,724 2,967 3,956 4,086 4,644 5,221 5,934 6,129 8,172 8,901 9,761 10,442 11,868 12,258 15,663 17,802 19,522 20,884 24,516 26,703 29,283 31,326 35,604 39,044 46,989 53,406 58,566 62,652 87,849 93,978 106,812 117,132 140,967 175,698 187,956 224,503 263,547 281,934 351,396 449,006 527,094 563,868 673,509 898,012 1,054,188 1,347,018 2,020,527 2,694,036 4,041,054 6,061,581 8,082,108 12,123,162 and 24,246,324, with no remainder.

Since 24,246,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,246,324, 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).