Q: Is 24,460,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,460,960 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 24,460,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 23 32 34 40 46 68 80 85 92 115 136 160 170 184 230 272 289 340 368 391 460 529 544 578 680 736 782 920 1,058 1,156 1,360 1,445 1,564 1,840 1,955 2,116 2,312 2,645 2,720 2,890 3,128 3,680 3,910 4,232 4,624 5,290 5,780 6,256 6,647 7,820 8,464 8,993 9,248 10,580 11,560 12,512 13,294 15,640 16,928 17,986 21,160 23,120 26,588 31,280 33,235 35,972 42,320 44,965 46,240 53,176 62,560 66,470 71,944 84,640 89,930 106,352 132,940 143,888 152,881 179,860 212,704 265,880 287,776 305,762 359,720 531,760 611,524 719,440 764,405 1,063,520 1,223,048 1,438,880 1,528,810 2,446,096 3,057,620 4,892,192 6,115,240 12,230,480 and 24,460,960, with no remainder.

Since 24,460,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,460,960, 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).