Q: Is 24,864,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,864,480 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 24,864,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 32 36 40 45 48 60 62 72 80 90 93 96 120 124 144 155 160 180 186 240 248 279 288 310 360 372 465 480 496 557 558 620 720 744 930 992 1,114 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,440 1,488 1,671 1,860 2,228 2,232 2,480 2,785 2,790 2,976 3,342 3,720 4,456 4,464 4,960 5,013 5,570 5,580 6,684 7,440 8,355 8,912 8,928 10,026 11,140 11,160 13,368 14,880 16,710 17,267 17,824 20,052 22,280 22,320 25,065 26,736 33,420 34,534 40,104 44,560 44,640 50,130 51,801 53,472 66,840 69,068 80,208 86,335 89,120 100,260 103,602 133,680 138,136 155,403 160,416 172,670 200,520 207,204 259,005 267,360 276,272 310,806 345,340 401,040 414,408 518,010 552,544 621,612 690,680 777,015 802,080 828,816 1,036,020 1,243,224 1,381,360 1,554,030 1,657,632 2,072,040 2,486,448 2,762,720 3,108,060 4,144,080 4,972,896 6,216,120 8,288,160 12,432,240 and 24,864,480, with no remainder.

Since 24,864,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,864,480, 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).