Q: Is 24,887,682 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,887,682 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 24,887,682 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 38 54 57 114 127 171 191 254 342 381 382 513 573 762 1,026 1,143 1,146 1,719 2,286 2,413 3,429 3,438 3,629 4,826 5,157 6,858 7,239 7,258 10,314 10,887 14,478 21,717 21,774 24,257 32,661 43,434 48,514 65,151 65,322 72,771 97,983 130,302 145,542 195,966 218,313 436,626 460,883 654,939 921,766 1,309,878 1,382,649 2,765,298 4,147,947 8,295,894 12,443,841 and 24,887,682, with no remainder.

Since 24,887,682 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,887,682, 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).