Q: Is 18,742,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,742,104 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 18,742,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 72 81 93 108 124 162 186 216 243 248 279 311 324 372 486 558 622 648 744 837 933 972 1,116 1,244 1,674 1,866 1,944 2,232 2,488 2,511 2,799 3,348 3,732 5,022 5,598 6,696 7,464 7,533 8,397 9,641 10,044 11,196 15,066 16,794 19,282 20,088 22,392 25,191 28,923 30,132 33,588 38,564 50,382 57,846 60,264 67,176 75,573 77,128 86,769 100,764 115,692 151,146 173,538 201,528 231,384 260,307 302,292 347,076 520,614 604,584 694,152 780,921 1,041,228 1,561,842 2,082,456 2,342,763 3,123,684 4,685,526 6,247,368 9,371,052 and 18,742,104, with no remainder.

Since 18,742,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,742,104, 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).