Q: Is 24,314,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,314,040 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 24,314,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 47 54 60 72 90 94 108 120 135 141 180 188 216 235 270 282 360 376 423 470 479 540 564 705 846 940 958 1,080 1,128 1,269 1,410 1,437 1,692 1,880 1,916 2,115 2,395 2,538 2,820 2,874 3,384 3,832 4,230 4,311 4,790 5,076 5,640 5,748 6,345 7,185 8,460 8,622 9,580 10,152 11,496 12,690 12,933 14,370 16,920 17,244 19,160 21,555 22,513 25,380 25,866 28,740 34,488 43,110 45,026 50,760 51,732 57,480 64,665 67,539 86,220 90,052 103,464 112,565 129,330 135,078 172,440 180,104 202,617 225,130 258,660 270,156 337,695 405,234 450,260 517,320 540,312 607,851 675,390 810,468 900,520 1,013,085 1,215,702 1,350,780 1,620,936 2,026,170 2,431,404 2,701,560 3,039,255 4,052,340 4,862,808 6,078,510 8,104,680 12,157,020 and 24,314,040, with no remainder.

Since 24,314,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,314,040, 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).