Q: Is 24,430,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,430,224 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 24,430,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 17 21 24 26 28 34 39 42 47 48 49 51 52 56 68 78 84 91 94 98 102 104 112 119 136 141 147 156 168 182 188 196 204 208 221 238 272 273 282 294 312 329 336 357 364 376 392 408 442 476 546 564 588 611 624 637 658 663 714 728 752 784 799 816 833 884 952 987 1,092 1,128 1,176 1,222 1,274 1,316 1,326 1,428 1,456 1,547 1,598 1,666 1,768 1,833 1,904 1,911 1,974 2,184 2,256 2,303 2,352 2,397 2,444 2,499 2,548 2,632 2,652 2,856 3,094 3,196 3,332 3,536 3,666 3,822 3,948 4,277 4,368 4,606 4,641 4,794 4,888 4,998 5,096 5,264 5,304 5,593 5,712 6,188 6,392 6,664 6,909 7,332 7,644 7,896 8,554 9,212 9,282 9,588 9,776 9,996 10,192 10,387 10,608 10,829 11,186 12,376 12,784 12,831 13,328 13,818 14,664 15,288 15,792 16,779 17,108 18,424 18,564 19,176 19,992 20,774 21,658 22,372 24,752 25,662 27,636 29,328 29,939 30,576 31,161 32,487 33,558 34,216 36,848 37,128 38,352 39,151 39,984 41,548 43,316 44,744 51,324 55,272 59,878 62,322 64,974 67,116 68,432 72,709 74,256 78,302 83,096 86,632 89,488 89,817 102,648 110,544 117,453 119,756 124,644 129,948 134,232 145,418 156,604 166,192 173,264 179,634 205,296 218,127 234,906 239,512 249,288 259,896 268,464 290,836 313,208 359,268 436,254 469,812 479,024 498,576 508,963 519,792 581,672 626,416 718,536 872,508 939,624 1,017,926 1,163,344 1,437,072 1,526,889 1,745,016 1,879,248 2,035,852 3,053,778 3,490,032 4,071,704 6,107,556 8,143,408 12,215,112 and 24,430,224, with no remainder.

Since 24,430,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,430,224, 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).