Q: Is 19,542,006 a Composite Number?

Why is 19,542,006 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 19,542,006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 99 167 197 198 297 334 394 501 591 594 1,002 1,182 1,503 1,773 1,837 2,167 3,006 3,546 3,674 4,334 4,509 5,319 5,511 6,501 9,018 10,638 11,022 13,002 16,533 19,503 32,899 33,066 39,006 49,599 58,509 65,798 98,697 99,198 117,018 197,394 296,091 361,889 592,182 723,778 888,273 1,085,667 1,776,546 2,171,334 3,257,001 6,514,002 9,771,003 and 19,542,006, with no remainder.

Since 19,542,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 19,542,006, 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).