Q: Is 24,557,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,557,820 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 24,557,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 49 60 70 84 98 105 140 147 196 210 245 294 420 490 588 735 980 1,470 2,940 8,353 16,706 25,059 33,412 41,765 50,118 58,471 83,530 100,236 116,942 125,295 167,060 175,413 233,884 250,590 292,355 350,826 409,297 501,180 584,710 701,652 818,594 877,065 1,169,420 1,227,891 1,637,188 1,754,130 2,046,485 2,455,782 3,508,260 4,092,970 4,911,564 6,139,455 8,185,940 12,278,910 and 24,557,820, with no remainder.

Since 24,557,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,557,820, 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).