Q: Is 19,679,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 19,679,520 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 19,679,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 210 224 240 280 336 420 480 560 672 840 1,120 1,680 3,360 5,857 11,714 17,571 23,428 29,285 35,142 40,999 46,856 58,570 70,284 81,998 87,855 93,712 117,140 122,997 140,568 163,996 175,710 187,424 204,995 234,280 245,994 281,136 327,992 351,420 409,990 468,560 491,988 562,272 614,985 655,984 702,840 819,980 937,120 983,976 1,229,970 1,311,968 1,405,680 1,639,960 1,967,952 2,459,940 2,811,360 3,279,920 3,935,904 4,919,880 6,559,840 9,839,760 and 19,679,520, with no remainder.

Since 19,679,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 19,679,520, 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).