Q: Is 24,701,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,701,220 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 24,701,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 149 180 270 298 307 447 540 596 614 745 894 921 1,228 1,341 1,490 1,535 1,788 1,842 2,235 2,682 2,763 2,980 3,070 3,684 4,023 4,470 4,605 5,364 5,526 6,140 6,705 8,046 8,289 8,940 9,210 11,052 13,410 13,815 16,092 16,578 18,420 20,115 26,820 27,630 33,156 40,230 41,445 45,743 55,260 80,460 82,890 91,486 137,229 165,780 182,972 228,715 274,458 411,687 457,430 548,916 686,145 823,374 914,860 1,235,061 1,372,290 1,646,748 2,058,435 2,470,122 2,744,580 4,116,870 4,940,244 6,175,305 8,233,740 12,350,610 and 24,701,220, with no remainder.

Since 24,701,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,701,220, 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).