Q: Is 24,698,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,698,960 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 24,698,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 17 20 22 26 34 40 44 52 55 65 68 80 85 88 104 110 127 130 136 143 170 176 187 208 220 221 254 260 272 286 340 374 440 442 508 520 572 635 680 715 748 880 884 935 1,016 1,040 1,105 1,144 1,270 1,360 1,397 1,430 1,496 1,651 1,768 1,870 2,032 2,159 2,210 2,288 2,431 2,540 2,794 2,860 2,992 3,302 3,536 3,740 4,318 4,420 4,862 5,080 5,588 5,720 6,604 6,985 7,480 8,255 8,636 8,840 9,724 10,160 10,795 11,176 11,440 12,155 13,208 13,970 14,960 16,510 17,272 17,680 18,161 19,448 21,590 22,352 23,749 24,310 26,416 27,940 28,067 33,020 34,544 36,322 38,896 43,180 47,498 48,620 55,880 56,134 66,040 72,644 86,360 90,805 94,996 97,240 111,760 112,268 118,745 132,080 140,335 145,288 172,720 181,610 189,992 194,480 224,536 237,490 280,670 290,576 308,737 363,220 379,984 449,072 474,980 561,340 617,474 726,440 949,960 1,122,680 1,234,948 1,452,880 1,543,685 1,899,920 2,245,360 2,469,896 3,087,370 4,939,792 6,174,740 12,349,480 and 24,698,960, with no remainder.

Since 24,698,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,698,960, 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).