Q: Is 24,379,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,379,584 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 24,379,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 41 48 57 64 76 82 96 114 123 152 163 164 192 228 246 304 326 328 456 489 492 608 652 656 779 912 978 984 1,216 1,304 1,312 1,558 1,824 1,956 1,968 2,337 2,608 2,624 3,097 3,116 3,648 3,912 3,936 4,674 5,216 6,194 6,232 6,683 7,824 7,872 9,291 9,348 10,432 12,388 12,464 13,366 15,648 18,582 18,696 20,049 24,776 24,928 26,732 31,296 37,164 37,392 40,098 49,552 49,856 53,464 74,328 74,784 80,196 99,104 106,928 126,977 148,656 149,568 160,392 198,208 213,856 253,954 297,312 320,784 380,931 427,712 507,908 594,624 641,568 761,862 1,015,816 1,283,136 1,523,724 2,031,632 3,047,448 4,063,264 6,094,896 8,126,528 12,189,792 and 24,379,584, with no remainder.

Since 24,379,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,379,584, 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).