Q: Is 24,715,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,715,368 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 24,715,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 81 86 108 129 162 172 216 258 324 344 387 516 648 774 887 1,032 1,161 1,548 1,774 2,322 2,661 3,096 3,483 3,548 4,644 5,322 6,966 7,096 7,983 9,288 10,644 13,932 15,966 21,288 23,949 27,864 31,932 38,141 47,898 63,864 71,847 76,282 95,796 114,423 143,694 152,564 191,592 228,846 287,388 305,128 343,269 457,692 574,776 686,538 915,384 1,029,807 1,373,076 2,059,614 2,746,152 3,089,421 4,119,228 6,178,842 8,238,456 12,357,684 and 24,715,368, with no remainder.

Since 24,715,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,715,368, 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).