Q: Is 24,488,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,488,880 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 24,488,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 39 40 47 48 52 60 65 78 80 94 104 120 130 141 156 167 188 195 208 235 240 260 282 312 334 376 390 470 501 520 564 611 624 668 705 752 780 835 940 1,002 1,040 1,128 1,222 1,336 1,410 1,560 1,670 1,833 1,880 2,004 2,171 2,256 2,444 2,505 2,672 2,820 3,055 3,120 3,340 3,666 3,760 4,008 4,342 4,888 5,010 5,640 6,110 6,513 6,680 7,332 7,849 8,016 8,684 9,165 9,776 10,020 10,855 11,280 12,220 13,026 13,360 14,664 15,698 17,368 18,330 20,040 21,710 23,547 24,440 26,052 29,328 31,396 32,565 34,736 36,660 39,245 40,080 43,420 47,094 48,880 52,104 62,792 65,130 73,320 78,490 86,840 94,188 102,037 104,208 117,735 125,584 130,260 146,640 156,980 173,680 188,376 204,074 235,470 260,520 306,111 313,960 376,752 408,148 470,940 510,185 521,040 612,222 627,920 816,296 941,880 1,020,370 1,224,444 1,530,555 1,632,592 1,883,760 2,040,740 2,448,888 3,061,110 4,081,480 4,897,776 6,122,220 8,162,960 12,244,440 and 24,488,880, with no remainder.

Since 24,488,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,488,880, 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).