Q: Is 18,442,692 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,442,692 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 18,442,692 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 57 59 76 114 118 171 177 228 236 342 354 457 531 684 708 914 1,062 1,121 1,371 1,828 2,124 2,242 2,742 3,363 4,113 4,484 5,484 6,726 8,226 8,683 10,089 13,452 16,452 17,366 20,178 26,049 26,963 34,732 40,356 52,098 53,926 78,147 80,889 104,196 107,852 156,294 161,778 242,667 312,588 323,556 485,334 512,297 970,668 1,024,594 1,536,891 2,049,188 3,073,782 4,610,673 6,147,564 9,221,346 and 18,442,692, with no remainder.

Since 18,442,692 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,442,692, 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).