Q: Is 19,242,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 19,242,072 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 19,242,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 31 36 37 62 72 74 93 111 124 148 186 222 233 248 279 296 333 372 444 466 558 666 699 744 888 932 1,116 1,147 1,332 1,398 1,864 2,097 2,232 2,294 2,664 2,796 3,441 4,194 4,588 5,592 6,882 7,223 8,388 8,621 9,176 10,323 13,764 14,446 16,776 17,242 20,646 21,669 25,863 27,528 28,892 34,484 41,292 43,338 51,726 57,784 65,007 68,968 77,589 82,584 86,676 103,452 130,014 155,178 173,352 206,904 260,028 267,251 310,356 520,056 534,502 620,712 801,753 1,069,004 1,603,506 2,138,008 2,405,259 3,207,012 4,810,518 6,414,024 9,621,036 and 19,242,072, with no remainder.

Since 19,242,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 19,242,072, 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).