Q: Is 20,112,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,112,240 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 20,112,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 240 282 376 470 564 705 752 940 1,128 1,410 1,783 1,880 2,256 2,820 3,566 3,760 5,349 5,640 7,132 8,915 10,698 11,280 14,264 17,830 21,396 26,745 28,528 35,660 42,792 53,490 71,320 83,801 85,584 106,980 142,640 167,602 213,960 251,403 335,204 419,005 427,920 502,806 670,408 838,010 1,005,612 1,257,015 1,340,816 1,676,020 2,011,224 2,514,030 3,352,040 4,022,448 5,028,060 6,704,080 10,056,120 and 20,112,240, with no remainder.

Since 20,112,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,112,240, 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).