Q: Is 24,778,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,778,728 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 24,778,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 23 24 26 36 39 46 52 69 72 78 92 104 117 138 156 184 207 234 276 299 312 414 468 552 598 828 897 936 1,151 1,196 1,656 1,794 2,302 2,392 2,691 3,453 3,588 4,604 5,382 6,906 7,176 9,208 10,359 10,764 13,812 14,963 20,718 21,528 26,473 27,624 29,926 41,436 44,889 52,946 59,852 79,419 82,872 89,778 105,892 119,704 134,667 158,838 179,556 211,784 238,257 269,334 317,676 344,149 359,112 476,514 538,668 635,352 688,298 953,028 1,032,447 1,077,336 1,376,596 1,906,056 2,064,894 2,753,192 3,097,341 4,129,788 6,194,682 8,259,576 12,389,364 and 24,778,728, with no remainder.

Since 24,778,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,778,728, 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).