Q: Is 24,712,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,712,560 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 24,712,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 17 18 20 24 27 30 34 36 40 45 48 51 54 60 68 72 80 85 90 102 108 120 135 136 144 153 170 180 204 216 240 255 270 272 306 340 360 408 432 459 510 540 612 673 680 720 765 816 918 1,020 1,080 1,224 1,346 1,360 1,530 1,836 2,019 2,040 2,160 2,295 2,448 2,692 3,060 3,365 3,672 4,038 4,080 4,590 5,384 6,057 6,120 6,730 7,344 8,076 9,180 10,095 10,768 11,441 12,114 12,240 13,460 16,152 18,171 18,360 20,190 22,882 24,228 26,920 30,285 32,304 34,323 36,342 36,720 40,380 45,764 48,456 53,840 57,205 60,570 68,646 72,684 80,760 90,855 91,528 96,912 102,969 114,410 121,140 137,292 145,368 161,520 171,615 181,710 183,056 205,938 228,820 242,280 274,584 290,736 308,907 343,230 363,420 411,876 457,640 484,560 514,845 549,168 617,814 686,460 726,840 823,752 915,280 1,029,690 1,235,628 1,372,920 1,453,680 1,544,535 1,647,504 2,059,380 2,471,256 2,745,840 3,089,070 4,118,760 4,942,512 6,178,140 8,237,520 12,356,280 and 24,712,560, with no remainder.

Since 24,712,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,712,560, 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).