Q: Is 19,470,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 19,470,708 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 19,470,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 59 89 103 118 177 178 206 236 267 309 354 356 412 531 534 618 708 801 927 1,062 1,068 1,236 1,602 1,854 2,124 3,204 3,708 5,251 6,077 9,167 10,502 12,154 15,753 18,231 18,334 21,004 24,308 27,501 31,506 36,462 36,668 47,259 54,693 55,002 63,012 72,924 82,503 94,518 109,386 110,004 165,006 189,036 218,772 330,012 540,853 1,081,706 1,622,559 2,163,412 3,245,118 4,867,677 6,490,236 9,735,354 and 19,470,708, with no remainder.

Since 19,470,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 19,470,708, 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).