Q: Is 24,724,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,724,140 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 24,724,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 37 42 43 60 70 74 84 86 105 111 129 140 148 172 185 210 215 222 258 259 301 370 420 430 444 516 518 555 602 645 740 777 860 903 1,036 1,110 1,204 1,290 1,295 1,369 1,505 1,554 1,591 1,806 2,220 2,580 2,590 2,738 3,010 3,108 3,182 3,612 3,885 4,107 4,515 4,773 5,180 5,476 6,020 6,364 6,845 7,770 7,955 8,214 9,030 9,546 9,583 11,137 13,690 15,540 15,910 16,428 18,060 19,092 19,166 20,535 22,274 23,865 27,380 28,749 31,820 33,411 38,332 41,070 44,548 47,730 47,915 55,685 57,498 58,867 66,822 82,140 95,460 95,830 111,370 114,996 117,734 133,644 143,745 167,055 176,601 191,660 222,740 235,468 287,490 294,335 334,110 353,202 412,069 574,980 588,670 668,220 706,404 824,138 883,005 1,177,340 1,236,207 1,648,276 1,766,010 2,060,345 2,472,414 3,532,020 4,120,690 4,944,828 6,181,035 8,241,380 12,362,070 and 24,724,140, with no remainder.

Since 24,724,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,724,140, 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).