Q: Is 24,459,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,459,600 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 24,459,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 17 20 22 24 25 30 33 34 40 44 48 50 51 55 60 66 68 75 80 85 88 100 102 109 110 120 132 136 150 165 170 176 187 200 204 218 220 240 255 264 272 275 300 327 330 340 374 400 408 425 436 440 510 528 545 550 561 600 654 660 680 748 816 825 850 872 880 935 1,020 1,090 1,100 1,122 1,199 1,200 1,275 1,308 1,320 1,360 1,496 1,635 1,650 1,700 1,744 1,853 1,870 2,040 2,180 2,200 2,244 2,398 2,550 2,616 2,640 2,725 2,805 2,992 3,270 3,300 3,400 3,597 3,706 3,740 4,080 4,360 4,400 4,488 4,675 4,796 5,100 5,232 5,450 5,559 5,610 5,995 6,540 6,600 6,800 7,194 7,412 7,480 8,175 8,720 8,976 9,265 9,350 9,592 10,200 10,900 11,118 11,220 11,990 13,080 13,200 14,025 14,388 14,824 14,960 16,350 17,985 18,530 18,700 19,184 20,383 20,400 21,800 22,236 22,440 23,980 26,160 27,795 28,050 28,776 29,648 29,975 32,700 35,970 37,060 37,400 40,766 43,600 44,472 44,880 46,325 47,960 55,590 56,100 57,552 59,950 61,149 65,400 71,940 74,120 74,800 81,532 88,944 89,925 92,650 95,920 101,915 111,180 112,200 119,900 122,298 130,800 138,975 143,880 148,240 163,064 179,850 185,300 203,830 222,360 224,400 239,800 244,596 277,950 287,760 305,745 326,128 359,700 370,600 407,660 444,720 479,600 489,192 509,575 555,900 611,490 719,400 741,200 815,320 978,384 1,019,150 1,111,800 1,222,980 1,438,800 1,528,725 1,630,640 2,038,300 2,223,600 2,445,960 3,057,450 4,076,600 4,891,920 6,114,900 8,153,200 12,229,800 and 24,459,600, with no remainder.

Since 24,459,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,459,600, 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).