Q: Is 24,543,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,543,024 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 24,543,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 33 43 44 46 47 48 66 69 86 88 92 94 129 132 138 141 172 176 184 188 253 258 264 276 282 344 368 376 473 506 516 517 528 552 564 688 752 759 946 989 1,012 1,032 1,034 1,081 1,104 1,128 1,419 1,518 1,551 1,892 1,978 2,021 2,024 2,064 2,068 2,162 2,256 2,838 2,967 3,036 3,102 3,243 3,784 3,956 4,042 4,048 4,136 4,324 5,676 5,934 6,063 6,072 6,204 6,486 7,568 7,912 8,084 8,272 8,648 10,879 11,352 11,868 11,891 12,126 12,144 12,408 12,972 15,824 16,168 17,296 21,758 22,231 22,704 23,736 23,782 24,252 24,816 25,944 32,336 32,637 35,673 43,516 44,462 46,483 47,472 47,564 48,504 51,888 65,274 66,693 71,346 87,032 88,924 92,966 95,128 97,008 130,548 133,386 139,449 142,692 174,064 177,848 185,932 190,256 261,096 266,772 278,898 285,384 355,696 371,864 511,313 522,192 533,544 557,796 570,768 743,728 1,022,626 1,067,088 1,115,592 1,533,939 2,045,252 2,231,184 3,067,878 4,090,504 6,135,756 8,181,008 12,271,512 and 24,543,024, with no remainder.

Since 24,543,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,543,024, 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).