Q: Is 20,023,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,023,740 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 20,023,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 54 55 60 66 90 99 108 110 132 135 165 180 198 220 270 297 330 396 495 540 594 660 990 1,188 1,485 1,980 2,970 3,371 5,940 6,742 10,113 13,484 16,855 20,226 30,339 33,710 37,081 40,452 50,565 60,678 67,420 74,162 91,017 101,130 111,243 121,356 148,324 151,695 182,034 185,405 202,260 222,486 303,390 333,729 364,068 370,810 444,972 455,085 556,215 606,780 667,458 741,620 910,170 1,001,187 1,112,430 1,334,916 1,668,645 1,820,340 2,002,374 2,224,860 3,337,290 4,004,748 5,005,935 6,674,580 10,011,870 and 20,023,740, with no remainder.

Since 20,023,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,023,740, 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).