Q: Is 20,053,098 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,053,098 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 20,053,098 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 34 39 51 71 78 102 117 142 153 213 221 234 306 426 442 639 663 923 1,207 1,278 1,326 1,846 1,989 2,414 2,769 3,621 3,978 5,041 5,538 7,242 8,307 10,082 10,863 15,123 15,691 16,614 21,726 30,246 31,382 45,369 47,073 65,533 85,697 90,738 94,146 131,066 141,219 171,394 196,599 257,091 282,438 393,198 514,182 589,797 771,273 1,114,061 1,179,594 1,542,546 2,228,122 3,342,183 6,684,366 10,026,549 and 20,053,098, with no remainder.

Since 20,053,098 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,053,098, 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).