Q: Is 24,246,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,246,624 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 24,246,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 68 83 96 102 136 166 179 204 249 272 332 358 408 498 537 544 664 716 816 996 1,074 1,328 1,411 1,432 1,632 1,992 2,148 2,656 2,822 2,864 3,043 3,984 4,233 4,296 5,644 5,728 6,086 7,968 8,466 8,592 9,129 11,288 12,172 14,857 16,932 17,184 18,258 22,576 24,344 29,714 33,864 36,516 44,571 45,152 48,688 59,428 67,728 73,032 89,142 97,376 118,856 135,456 146,064 178,284 237,712 252,569 292,128 356,568 475,424 505,138 713,136 757,707 1,010,276 1,426,272 1,515,414 2,020,552 3,030,828 4,041,104 6,061,656 8,082,208 12,123,312 and 24,246,624, with no remainder.

Since 24,246,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,246,624, 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).