Q: Is 24,542,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,542,336 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 24,542,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 43 49 52 56 64 86 91 98 104 112 128 172 182 196 208 224 301 343 344 364 392 416 448 559 602 637 686 688 728 784 832 896 1,118 1,204 1,274 1,372 1,376 1,456 1,568 1,664 2,107 2,236 2,408 2,548 2,744 2,752 2,912 3,136 3,913 4,214 4,459 4,472 4,816 5,096 5,488 5,504 5,824 6,272 7,826 8,428 8,918 8,944 9,632 10,192 10,976 11,648 14,749 15,652 16,856 17,836 17,888 19,264 20,384 21,952 27,391 29,498 31,304 33,712 35,672 35,776 38,528 40,768 43,904 54,782 58,996 62,608 67,424 71,344 71,552 81,536 109,564 117,992 125,216 134,848 142,688 191,737 219,128 235,984 250,432 269,696 285,376 383,474 438,256 471,968 500,864 570,752 766,948 876,512 943,936 1,533,896 1,753,024 1,887,872 3,067,792 3,506,048 6,135,584 12,271,168 and 24,542,336, with no remainder.

Since 24,542,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,542,336, 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).