Q: Is 24,496,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,496,560 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 24,496,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 36 40 44 45 48 54 55 60 66 72 80 88 90 99 108 110 120 132 135 144 165 176 180 198 216 220 240 264 270 297 330 360 396 432 440 495 528 540 594 660 720 792 880 990 1,031 1,080 1,188 1,320 1,485 1,584 1,980 2,062 2,160 2,376 2,640 2,970 3,093 3,960 4,124 4,752 5,155 5,940 6,186 7,920 8,248 9,279 10,310 11,341 11,880 12,372 15,465 16,496 18,558 20,620 22,682 23,760 24,744 27,837 30,930 34,023 37,116 41,240 45,364 46,395 49,488 55,674 56,705 61,860 68,046 74,232 82,480 90,728 92,790 102,069 111,348 113,410 123,720 136,092 139,185 148,464 170,115 181,456 185,580 204,138 222,696 226,820 247,440 272,184 278,370 306,207 340,230 371,160 408,276 445,392 453,640 510,345 544,368 556,740 612,414 680,460 742,320 816,552 907,280 1,020,690 1,113,480 1,224,828 1,360,920 1,531,035 1,633,104 2,041,380 2,226,960 2,449,656 2,721,840 3,062,070 4,082,760 4,899,312 6,124,140 8,165,520 12,248,280 and 24,496,560, with no remainder.

Since 24,496,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,496,560, 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).