Q: Is 24,847,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,847,056 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 24,847,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 169 208 234 312 338 468 507 624 676 936 1,014 1,021 1,352 1,521 1,872 2,028 2,042 2,704 3,042 3,063 4,056 4,084 6,084 6,126 8,112 8,168 9,189 12,168 12,252 13,273 16,336 18,378 24,336 24,504 26,546 36,756 39,819 49,008 53,092 73,512 79,638 106,184 119,457 147,024 159,276 172,549 212,368 238,914 318,552 345,098 477,828 517,647 637,104 690,196 955,656 1,035,294 1,380,392 1,552,941 1,911,312 2,070,588 2,760,784 3,105,882 4,141,176 6,211,764 8,282,352 12,423,528 and 24,847,056, with no remainder.

Since 24,847,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,847,056, 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).