Q: Is 24,309,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,309,600 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 24,309,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 25 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 50 56 60 70 75 80 84 96 100 105 112 120 140 150 160 168 175 200 210 224 240 280 300 336 350 400 420 480 525 560 600 672 700 800 840 1,050 1,120 1,200 1,400 1,447 1,680 2,100 2,400 2,800 2,894 3,360 4,200 4,341 5,600 5,788 7,235 8,400 8,682 10,129 11,576 14,470 16,800 17,364 20,258 21,705 23,152 28,940 30,387 34,728 36,175 40,516 43,410 46,304 50,645 57,880 60,774 69,456 72,350 81,032 86,820 101,290 108,525 115,760 121,548 138,912 144,700 151,935 162,064 173,640 202,580 217,050 231,520 243,096 253,225 289,400 303,870 324,128 347,280 405,160 434,100 486,192 506,450 578,800 607,740 694,560 759,675 810,320 868,200 972,384 1,012,900 1,157,600 1,215,480 1,519,350 1,620,640 1,736,400 2,025,800 2,430,960 3,038,700 3,472,800 4,051,600 4,861,920 6,077,400 8,103,200 12,154,800 and 24,309,600, with no remainder.

Since 24,309,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,309,600, 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).