Q: Is 29,424,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 29,424,768 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 29,424,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 37 38 48 57 64 74 76 96 109 111 114 128 148 152 192 218 222 228 296 304 327 384 436 444 456 592 608 654 703 872 888 912 1,184 1,216 1,308 1,406 1,744 1,776 1,824 2,071 2,109 2,368 2,432 2,616 2,812 3,488 3,552 3,648 4,033 4,142 4,218 4,736 5,232 5,624 6,213 6,976 7,104 7,296 8,066 8,284 8,436 10,464 11,248 12,099 12,426 13,952 14,208 16,132 16,568 16,872 20,928 22,496 24,198 24,852 32,264 33,136 33,744 41,856 44,992 48,396 49,704 64,528 66,272 67,488 76,627 89,984 96,792 99,408 129,056 132,544 134,976 153,254 193,584 198,816 229,881 258,112 265,088 269,952 306,508 387,168 397,632 459,762 516,224 613,016 774,336 795,264 919,524 1,226,032 1,548,672 1,839,048 2,452,064 3,678,096 4,904,128 7,356,192 9,808,256 14,712,384 and 29,424,768, with no remainder.

Since 29,424,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 29,424,768, 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).