Q: Is 18,426,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,426,000 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 18,426,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 37 40 48 50 60 74 75 80 83 100 111 120 125 148 150 166 185 200 222 240 249 250 296 300 332 370 375 400 415 444 498 500 555 592 600 664 740 750 830 888 925 996 1,000 1,110 1,200 1,245 1,328 1,480 1,500 1,660 1,776 1,850 1,992 2,000 2,075 2,220 2,490 2,775 2,960 3,000 3,071 3,320 3,700 3,984 4,150 4,440 4,625 4,980 5,550 6,000 6,142 6,225 6,640 7,400 8,300 8,880 9,213 9,250 9,960 10,375 11,100 12,284 12,450 13,875 14,800 15,355 16,600 18,426 18,500 19,920 20,750 22,200 24,568 24,900 27,750 30,710 31,125 33,200 36,852 37,000 41,500 44,400 46,065 49,136 49,800 55,500 61,420 62,250 73,704 74,000 76,775 83,000 92,130 99,600 111,000 122,840 124,500 147,408 153,550 166,000 184,260 222,000 230,325 245,680 249,000 307,100 368,520 383,875 460,650 498,000 614,200 737,040 767,750 921,300 1,151,625 1,228,400 1,535,500 1,842,600 2,303,250 3,071,000 3,685,200 4,606,500 6,142,000 9,213,000 and 18,426,000, with no remainder.

Since 18,426,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,426,000, 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).