Q: Is 24,402,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,402,420 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 24,402,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 60 63 70 84 90 105 107 126 140 180 181 210 214 252 315 321 362 420 428 535 543 630 642 724 749 905 963 1,070 1,086 1,260 1,267 1,284 1,498 1,605 1,629 1,810 1,926 2,140 2,172 2,247 2,534 2,715 2,996 3,210 3,258 3,620 3,745 3,801 3,852 4,494 4,815 5,068 5,430 6,335 6,420 6,516 6,741 7,490 7,602 8,145 8,988 9,630 10,860 11,235 11,403 12,670 13,482 14,980 15,204 16,290 19,005 19,260 19,367 22,470 22,806 25,340 26,964 32,580 33,705 38,010 38,734 44,940 45,612 57,015 58,101 67,410 76,020 77,468 96,835 114,030 116,202 134,820 135,569 174,303 193,670 228,060 232,404 271,138 290,505 348,606 387,340 406,707 542,276 581,010 677,845 697,212 813,414 871,515 1,162,020 1,220,121 1,355,690 1,626,828 1,743,030 2,033,535 2,440,242 2,711,380 3,486,060 4,067,070 4,880,484 6,100,605 8,134,140 12,201,210 and 24,402,420, with no remainder.

Since 24,402,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,402,420, 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).