Q: Is 24,446,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,446,664 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 24,446,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 198 216 264 297 396 594 792 1,188 2,376 10,289 20,578 30,867 41,156 61,734 82,312 92,601 113,179 123,468 185,202 226,358 246,936 277,803 339,537 370,404 452,716 555,606 679,074 740,808 905,432 1,018,611 1,111,212 1,358,148 2,037,222 2,222,424 2,716,296 3,055,833 4,074,444 6,111,666 8,148,888 12,223,332 and 24,446,664, with no remainder.

Since 24,446,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,446,664, 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).