Q: Is 24,012,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,012,144 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 24,012,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 101 104 117 127 144 156 202 208 234 254 303 312 381 404 468 508 606 624 762 808 909 936 1,016 1,143 1,212 1,313 1,524 1,616 1,651 1,818 1,872 2,032 2,286 2,424 2,626 3,048 3,302 3,636 3,939 4,572 4,848 4,953 5,252 6,096 6,604 7,272 7,878 9,144 9,906 10,504 11,817 12,827 13,208 14,544 14,859 15,756 18,288 19,812 21,008 23,634 25,654 26,416 29,718 31,512 38,481 39,624 47,268 51,308 59,436 63,024 76,962 79,248 94,536 102,616 115,443 118,872 153,924 166,751 189,072 205,232 230,886 237,744 307,848 333,502 461,772 500,253 615,696 667,004 923,544 1,000,506 1,334,008 1,500,759 1,847,088 2,001,012 2,668,016 3,001,518 4,002,024 6,003,036 8,004,048 12,006,072 and 24,012,144, with no remainder.

Since 24,012,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,012,144, 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).