Q: Is 24,369,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,369,552 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 24,369,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,368 2,052 2,736 2,969 4,104 5,938 8,208 8,907 11,876 17,814 23,752 26,721 35,628 47,504 53,442 56,411 71,256 80,163 106,884 112,822 142,512 160,326 169,233 213,768 225,644 320,652 338,466 427,536 451,288 507,699 641,304 676,932 902,576 1,015,398 1,282,608 1,353,864 1,523,097 2,030,796 2,707,728 3,046,194 4,061,592 6,092,388 8,123,184 12,184,776 and 24,369,552, with no remainder.

Since 24,369,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,369,552, 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).