Q: Is 24,341,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 24,341,520 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 24,341,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 105 112 120 140 168 210 240 280 336 420 560 840 1,680 14,489 28,978 43,467 57,956 72,445 86,934 101,423 115,912 144,890 173,868 202,846 217,335 231,824 289,780 304,269 347,736 405,692 434,670 507,115 579,560 608,538 695,472 811,384 869,340 1,014,230 1,159,120 1,217,076 1,521,345 1,622,768 1,738,680 2,028,460 2,434,152 3,042,690 3,477,360 4,056,920 4,868,304 6,085,380 8,113,840 12,170,760 and 24,341,520, with no remainder.

Since 24,341,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 24,341,520, 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).