Q: Is 24,543,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,543,432 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 24,543,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 83 108 111 148 166 216 222 249 296 332 333 444 498 664 666 747 888 996 999 1,332 1,369 1,494 1,992 1,998 2,241 2,664 2,738 2,988 3,071 3,996 4,107 4,482 5,476 5,976 6,142 7,992 8,214 8,964 9,213 10,952 12,284 12,321 16,428 17,928 18,426 24,568 24,642 27,639 32,856 36,852 36,963 49,284 55,278 73,704 73,926 82,917 98,568 110,556 113,627 147,852 165,834 221,112 227,254 295,704 331,668 340,881 454,508 663,336 681,762 909,016 1,022,643 1,363,524 2,045,286 2,727,048 3,067,929 4,090,572 6,135,858 8,181,144 12,271,716 and 24,543,432, with no remainder.

Since 24,543,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,543,432, 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).