Q: Is 24,528,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,528,672 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 24,528,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 23 24 28 32 36 42 46 48 56 63 69 72 84 92 96 112 126 138 144 161 168 184 207 224 252 276 288 322 336 368 414 483 504 529 552 644 672 736 828 966 1,008 1,058 1,104 1,288 1,449 1,587 1,656 1,932 2,016 2,116 2,208 2,576 2,898 3,174 3,312 3,703 3,864 4,232 4,761 5,152 5,796 6,348 6,624 7,406 7,728 8,464 9,522 11,109 11,592 12,167 12,696 14,812 15,456 16,928 19,044 22,218 23,184 24,334 25,392 29,624 33,327 36,501 38,088 44,436 46,368 48,668 50,784 59,248 66,654 73,002 76,176 85,169 88,872 97,336 109,503 118,496 133,308 146,004 152,352 170,338 177,744 194,672 219,006 255,507 266,616 292,008 340,676 355,488 389,344 438,012 511,014 533,232 584,016 681,352 766,521 876,024 1,022,028 1,066,464 1,168,032 1,362,704 1,533,042 1,752,048 2,044,056 2,725,408 3,066,084 3,504,096 4,088,112 6,132,168 8,176,224 12,264,336 and 24,528,672, with no remainder.

Since 24,528,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,528,672, 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).