Q: Is 24,687,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,687,520 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 24,687,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 20 22 26 32 40 44 52 55 65 80 83 88 104 110 130 143 160 166 169 176 208 220 260 286 332 338 352 415 416 440 520 572 664 676 715 830 845 880 913 1,040 1,079 1,144 1,328 1,352 1,430 1,660 1,690 1,760 1,826 1,859 2,080 2,158 2,288 2,656 2,704 2,860 3,320 3,380 3,652 3,718 4,316 4,565 4,576 5,395 5,408 5,720 6,640 6,760 7,304 7,436 8,632 9,130 9,295 10,790 11,440 11,869 13,280 13,520 14,027 14,608 14,872 17,264 18,260 18,590 21,580 22,880 23,738 27,040 28,054 29,216 29,744 34,528 36,520 37,180 43,160 47,476 56,108 59,345 59,488 70,135 73,040 74,360 86,320 94,952 112,216 118,690 140,270 146,080 148,720 154,297 172,640 189,904 224,432 237,380 280,540 297,440 308,594 379,808 448,864 474,760 561,080 617,188 771,485 949,520 1,122,160 1,234,376 1,542,970 1,899,040 2,244,320 2,468,752 3,085,940 4,937,504 6,171,880 12,343,760 and 24,687,520, with no remainder.

Since 24,687,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,687,520, 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).