Q: Is 24,290,604 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,290,604 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 24,290,604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 73 78 79 81 108 117 146 156 158 162 219 234 237 292 316 324 351 438 468 474 657 702 711 876 948 949 1,027 1,053 1,314 1,404 1,422 1,898 1,971 2,054 2,106 2,133 2,628 2,844 2,847 3,081 3,796 3,942 4,108 4,212 4,266 5,694 5,767 5,913 6,162 6,399 7,884 8,532 8,541 9,243 11,388 11,534 11,826 12,324 12,798 17,082 17,301 18,486 23,068 23,652 25,596 25,623 27,729 34,164 34,602 36,972 51,246 51,903 55,458 69,204 74,971 76,869 83,187 102,492 103,806 110,916 149,942 153,738 155,709 166,374 207,612 224,913 299,884 307,476 311,418 332,748 449,826 467,127 622,836 674,739 899,652 934,254 1,349,478 1,868,508 2,024,217 2,698,956 4,048,434 6,072,651 8,096,868 12,145,302 and 24,290,604, with no remainder.

Since 24,290,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,290,604, 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).