Q: Is 24,402,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,402,456 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 24,402,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 29 31 36 39 52 58 62 72 78 87 93 104 116 117 124 156 174 186 232 234 248 261 279 312 348 372 377 403 468 522 558 696 744 754 806 841 899 936 1,044 1,116 1,131 1,209 1,508 1,612 1,682 1,798 2,088 2,232 2,262 2,418 2,523 2,697 3,016 3,224 3,364 3,393 3,596 3,627 4,524 4,836 5,046 5,394 6,728 6,786 7,192 7,254 7,569 8,091 9,048 9,672 10,092 10,788 10,933 11,687 13,572 14,508 15,138 16,182 20,184 21,576 21,866 23,374 26,071 27,144 29,016 30,276 32,364 32,799 35,061 43,732 46,748 52,142 60,552 64,728 65,598 70,122 78,213 87,464 93,496 98,397 104,284 105,183 131,196 140,244 156,426 196,794 208,568 210,366 234,639 262,392 280,488 312,852 338,923 393,588 420,732 469,278 625,704 677,846 787,176 841,464 938,556 1,016,769 1,355,692 1,877,112 2,033,538 2,711,384 3,050,307 4,067,076 6,100,614 8,134,152 12,201,228 and 24,402,456, with no remainder.

Since 24,402,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,402,456, 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).