Q: Is 24,732,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,732,224 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 24,732,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 32 38 43 44 64 76 86 88 152 172 176 209 304 344 352 418 473 608 688 704 817 836 946 1,216 1,376 1,634 1,672 1,849 1,892 2,752 3,268 3,344 3,698 3,784 6,536 6,688 7,396 7,568 8,987 13,072 13,376 14,792 15,136 17,974 20,339 26,144 29,584 30,272 35,131 35,948 40,678 52,288 59,168 70,262 71,896 81,356 118,336 140,524 143,792 162,712 281,048 287,584 325,424 386,441 562,096 575,168 650,848 772,882 1,124,192 1,301,696 1,545,764 2,248,384 3,091,528 6,183,056 12,366,112 and 24,732,224, with no remainder.

Since 24,732,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,732,224, 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).