Q: Is 24,745,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,745,248 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 24,745,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 73 88 96 99 107 132 144 146 176 198 214 219 264 288 292 321 352 396 428 438 528 584 642 657 792 803 856 876 963 1,056 1,168 1,177 1,284 1,314 1,584 1,606 1,712 1,752 1,926 2,336 2,354 2,409 2,568 2,628 3,168 3,212 3,424 3,504 3,531 3,852 4,708 4,818 5,136 5,256 6,424 7,008 7,062 7,227 7,704 7,811 9,416 9,636 10,272 10,512 10,593 12,848 14,124 14,454 15,408 15,622 18,832 19,272 21,024 21,186 23,433 25,696 28,248 28,908 30,816 31,244 37,664 38,544 42,372 46,866 56,496 57,816 62,488 70,299 77,088 84,744 85,921 93,732 112,992 115,632 124,976 140,598 169,488 171,842 187,464 231,264 249,952 257,763 281,196 338,976 343,684 374,928 515,526 562,392 687,368 749,856 773,289 1,031,052 1,124,784 1,374,736 1,546,578 2,062,104 2,249,568 2,749,472 3,093,156 4,124,208 6,186,312 8,248,416 12,372,624 and 24,745,248, with no remainder.

Since 24,745,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,745,248, 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).