Q: Is 18,426,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,426,096 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 18,426,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 27 34 36 39 48 51 52 54 68 72 78 102 104 108 117 136 144 153 156 193 204 208 216 221 234 272 306 312 351 386 408 432 442 459 468 579 612 624 663 702 772 816 884 918 936 1,158 1,224 1,326 1,404 1,544 1,737 1,768 1,836 1,872 1,989 2,316 2,448 2,509 2,652 2,808 3,088 3,281 3,474 3,536 3,672 3,978 4,632 5,018 5,211 5,304 5,616 5,967 6,562 6,948 7,344 7,527 7,956 9,264 9,843 10,036 10,422 10,608 11,934 13,124 13,896 15,054 15,912 19,686 20,072 20,844 22,581 23,868 26,248 27,792 29,529 30,108 31,824 39,372 40,144 41,688 42,653 45,162 47,736 52,496 59,058 60,216 67,743 78,744 83,376 85,306 88,587 90,324 95,472 118,116 120,432 127,959 135,486 157,488 170,612 177,174 180,648 236,232 255,918 270,972 341,224 354,348 361,296 383,877 472,464 511,836 541,944 682,448 708,696 767,754 1,023,672 1,083,888 1,151,631 1,417,392 1,535,508 2,047,344 2,303,262 3,071,016 4,606,524 6,142,032 9,213,048 and 18,426,096, with no remainder.

Since 18,426,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,426,096, 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).