Q: Is 24,742,278 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,742,278 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 24,742,278 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 29 31 33 58 62 66 87 93 99 139 174 186 198 261 278 279 319 341 417 522 558 638 682 834 899 957 1,023 1,251 1,529 1,798 1,914 2,046 2,502 2,697 2,871 3,058 3,069 4,031 4,309 4,587 5,394 5,742 6,138 8,062 8,091 8,618 9,174 9,889 12,093 12,927 13,761 16,182 19,778 24,186 25,854 27,522 29,667 36,279 38,781 44,341 47,399 59,334 72,558 77,562 88,682 89,001 94,798 124,961 133,023 142,197 178,002 249,922 266,046 284,394 374,883 399,069 426,591 749,766 798,138 853,182 1,124,649 1,374,571 2,249,298 2,749,142 4,123,713 8,247,426 12,371,139 and 24,742,278, with no remainder.

Since 24,742,278 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,742,278, 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).