Q: Is 24,760,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,760,008 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 24,760,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,092 1,638 2,184 3,276 3,779 6,552 7,558 11,337 15,116 22,674 26,453 30,232 34,011 45,348 49,127 52,906 68,022 79,359 90,696 98,254 105,812 136,044 147,381 158,718 196,508 211,624 238,077 272,088 294,762 317,436 343,889 393,016 442,143 476,154 589,524 634,872 687,778 884,286 952,308 1,031,667 1,179,048 1,375,556 1,768,572 1,904,616 2,063,334 2,751,112 3,095,001 3,537,144 4,126,668 6,190,002 8,253,336 12,380,004 and 24,760,008, with no remainder.

Since 24,760,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,760,008, 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).