Q: Is 18,940,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,940,032 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 18,940,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 64 72 82 96 123 128 144 164 192 246 288 328 369 384 401 492 576 656 738 802 984 1,152 1,203 1,312 1,476 1,604 1,968 2,406 2,624 2,952 3,208 3,609 3,936 4,812 5,248 5,904 6,416 7,218 7,872 9,624 11,808 12,832 14,436 15,744 16,441 19,248 23,616 25,664 28,872 32,882 38,496 47,232 49,323 51,328 57,744 65,764 76,992 98,646 115,488 131,528 147,969 153,984 197,292 230,976 263,056 295,938 394,584 461,952 526,112 591,876 789,168 1,052,224 1,183,752 1,578,336 2,104,448 2,367,504 3,156,672 4,735,008 6,313,344 9,470,016 and 18,940,032, with no remainder.

Since 18,940,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,940,032, 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).