Q: Is 24,286,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,286,944 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 24,286,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 88 96 109 132 176 211 218 264 327 352 422 436 528 633 654 844 872 1,056 1,199 1,266 1,308 1,688 1,744 2,321 2,398 2,532 2,616 3,376 3,488 3,597 4,642 4,796 5,064 5,232 6,752 6,963 7,194 9,284 9,592 10,128 10,464 13,926 14,388 18,568 19,184 20,256 22,999 27,852 28,776 37,136 38,368 45,998 55,704 57,552 68,997 74,272 91,996 111,408 115,104 137,994 183,992 222,816 252,989 275,988 367,984 505,978 551,976 735,968 758,967 1,011,956 1,103,952 1,517,934 2,023,912 2,207,904 3,035,868 4,047,824 6,071,736 8,095,648 12,143,472 and 24,286,944, with no remainder.

Since 24,286,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,286,944, 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).