Q: Is 24,848,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,848,208 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 24,848,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 42 44 48 54 56 63 66 72 77 81 83 84 88 99 108 112 126 132 144 154 162 166 168 176 189 198 216 231 243 249 252 264 297 308 324 332 336 378 396 432 462 486 498 504 528 567 581 594 616 648 664 693 747 756 792 891 913 924 972 996 1,008 1,134 1,162 1,188 1,232 1,296 1,328 1,386 1,494 1,512 1,584 1,701 1,743 1,782 1,826 1,848 1,944 1,992 2,079 2,241 2,268 2,324 2,376 2,673 2,739 2,772 2,988 3,024 3,402 3,486 3,564 3,652 3,696 3,888 3,984 4,158 4,482 4,536 4,648 4,752 5,229 5,346 5,478 5,544 5,976 6,237 6,391 6,723 6,804 6,972 7,128 7,304 8,217 8,316 8,964 9,072 9,296 10,458 10,692 10,956 11,088 11,952 12,474 12,782 13,446 13,608 13,944 14,256 14,608 15,687 16,434 16,632 17,928 18,711 19,173 20,169 20,916 21,384 21,912 24,651 24,948 25,564 26,892 27,216 27,888 31,374 32,868 33,264 35,856 37,422 38,346 40,338 41,832 42,768 43,824 47,061 49,302 49,896 51,128 53,784 57,519 62,748 65,736 73,953 74,844 76,692 80,676 83,664 94,122 98,604 99,792 102,256 107,568 115,038 125,496 131,472 141,183 147,906 149,688 153,384 161,352 172,557 188,244 197,208 221,859 230,076 250,992 282,366 295,812 299,376 306,768 322,704 345,114 376,488 394,416 443,718 460,152 517,671 564,732 591,624 690,228 752,976 887,436 920,304 1,035,342 1,129,464 1,183,248 1,380,456 1,553,013 1,774,872 2,070,684 2,258,928 2,760,912 3,106,026 3,549,744 4,141,368 6,212,052 8,282,736 12,424,104 and 24,848,208, with no remainder.

Since 24,848,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,848,208, 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).