Q: Is 24,566,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,566,640 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 24,566,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 49 56 60 70 80 84 98 105 112 120 140 147 168 196 210 240 245 280 294 336 392 420 490 560 588 735 784 840 980 1,176 1,470 1,680 1,960 2,089 2,352 2,940 3,920 4,178 5,880 6,267 8,356 10,445 11,760 12,534 14,623 16,712 20,890 25,068 29,246 31,335 33,424 41,780 43,869 50,136 58,492 62,670 73,115 83,560 87,738 100,272 102,361 116,984 125,340 146,230 167,120 175,476 204,722 219,345 233,968 250,680 292,460 307,083 350,952 409,444 438,690 501,360 511,805 584,920 614,166 701,904 818,888 877,380 1,023,610 1,169,840 1,228,332 1,535,415 1,637,776 1,754,760 2,047,220 2,456,664 3,070,830 3,509,520 4,094,440 4,913,328 6,141,660 8,188,880 12,283,320 and 24,566,640, with no remainder.

Since 24,566,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,566,640, 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).