Q: Is 18,472,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,472,960 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 18,472,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 41 44 55 64 80 82 88 110 128 160 164 176 205 220 256 320 328 352 410 440 451 512 640 656 704 820 880 902 1,024 1,280 1,312 1,408 1,640 1,760 1,804 2,048 2,255 2,560 2,624 2,816 3,280 3,520 3,608 4,096 4,510 5,120 5,248 5,632 6,560 7,040 7,216 8,192 9,020 10,240 10,496 11,264 13,120 14,080 14,432 18,040 20,480 20,992 22,528 26,240 28,160 28,864 36,080 40,960 41,984 45,056 52,480 56,320 57,728 72,160 83,968 90,112 104,960 112,640 115,456 144,320 167,936 209,920 225,280 230,912 288,640 335,872 419,840 450,560 461,824 577,280 839,680 923,648 1,154,560 1,679,360 1,847,296 2,309,120 3,694,592 4,618,240 9,236,480 and 18,472,960, with no remainder.

Since 18,472,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,472,960, 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).