Q: Is 24,326,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,326,456 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 24,326,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 17 22 23 28 34 44 46 56 68 77 88 92 101 119 136 154 161 184 187 202 238 253 308 322 374 391 404 476 506 616 644 707 748 782 808 952 1,012 1,111 1,288 1,309 1,414 1,496 1,564 1,717 1,771 2,024 2,222 2,323 2,618 2,737 2,828 3,128 3,434 3,542 4,301 4,444 4,646 5,236 5,474 5,656 6,868 7,084 7,777 8,602 8,888 9,292 10,472 10,948 12,019 13,736 14,168 15,554 16,261 17,204 18,584 18,887 21,896 24,038 25,553 30,107 31,108 32,522 34,408 37,774 39,491 48,076 51,106 60,214 62,216 65,044 75,548 78,982 96,152 102,212 120,428 130,088 132,209 151,096 157,964 178,871 204,424 240,856 264,418 276,437 315,928 357,742 434,401 528,836 552,874 715,484 868,802 1,057,672 1,105,748 1,430,968 1,737,604 2,211,496 3,040,807 3,475,208 6,081,614 12,163,228 and 24,326,456, with no remainder.

Since 24,326,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,326,456, 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).