Q: Is 24,348,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,348,672 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 24,348,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 1,024 1,152 1,321 1,536 2,048 2,304 2,642 3,072 3,963 4,608 5,284 6,144 7,926 9,216 10,568 11,889 15,852 18,432 21,136 23,778 31,704 42,272 47,556 63,408 84,544 95,112 126,816 169,088 190,224 253,632 338,176 380,448 507,264 676,352 760,896 1,014,528 1,352,704 1,521,792 2,029,056 2,705,408 3,043,584 4,058,112 6,087,168 8,116,224 12,174,336 and 24,348,672, with no remainder.

Since 24,348,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,348,672, 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).