Q: Is 24,904,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,904,908 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 24,904,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 79 81 84 108 126 139 158 162 189 237 252 278 316 324 378 417 474 553 556 567 711 756 834 948 973 1,106 1,134 1,251 1,422 1,659 1,668 1,946 2,133 2,212 2,268 2,502 2,844 2,919 3,318 3,753 3,892 4,266 4,977 5,004 5,838 6,399 6,636 7,506 8,532 8,757 9,954 10,981 11,259 11,676 12,798 14,931 15,012 17,514 19,908 21,962 22,518 25,596 26,271 29,862 32,943 35,028 43,924 44,793 45,036 52,542 59,724 65,886 76,867 78,813 89,586 98,829 105,084 131,772 153,734 157,626 179,172 197,658 230,601 296,487 307,468 315,252 395,316 461,202 592,974 691,803 889,461 922,404 1,185,948 1,383,606 1,778,922 2,075,409 2,767,212 3,557,844 4,150,818 6,226,227 8,301,636 12,452,454 and 24,904,908, with no remainder.

Since 24,904,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,904,908, 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).