Q: Is 18,444,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,444,624 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 18,444,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 181 193 264 362 386 528 543 579 724 772 1,086 1,158 1,448 1,544 1,991 2,123 2,172 2,316 2,896 3,088 3,982 4,246 4,344 4,632 5,973 6,369 7,964 8,492 8,688 9,264 11,946 12,738 15,928 16,984 23,892 25,476 31,856 33,968 34,933 47,784 50,952 69,866 95,568 101,904 104,799 139,732 209,598 279,464 384,263 419,196 558,928 768,526 838,392 1,152,789 1,537,052 1,676,784 2,305,578 3,074,104 4,611,156 6,148,208 9,222,312 and 18,444,624, with no remainder.

Since 18,444,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,444,624, 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).