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

Why is 24,420,420 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 24,420,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 41 45 54 60 82 90 108 123 135 164 180 205 246 270 369 410 492 540 615 738 820 1,103 1,107 1,230 1,476 1,845 2,206 2,214 2,460 3,309 3,690 4,412 4,428 5,515 5,535 6,618 7,380 9,927 11,030 11,070 13,236 16,545 19,854 22,060 22,140 29,781 33,090 39,708 45,223 49,635 59,562 66,180 90,446 99,270 119,124 135,669 148,905 180,892 198,540 226,115 271,338 297,810 407,007 452,230 542,676 595,620 678,345 814,014 904,460 1,221,021 1,356,690 1,628,028 2,035,035 2,442,042 2,713,380 4,070,070 4,884,084 6,105,105 8,140,140 12,210,210 and 24,420,420, with no remainder.

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