Q: Is 20,187,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,187,552 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 20,187,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 2,464 2,731 3,696 5,462 7,392 8,193 10,924 16,386 19,117 21,848 30,041 32,772 38,234 43,696 57,351 60,082 65,544 76,468 87,392 90,123 114,702 120,164 131,088 152,936 180,246 210,287 229,404 240,328 262,176 305,872 360,492 420,574 458,808 480,656 611,744 630,861 720,984 841,148 917,616 961,312 1,261,722 1,441,968 1,682,296 1,835,232 2,523,444 2,883,936 3,364,592 5,046,888 6,729,184 10,093,776 and 20,187,552, with no remainder.

Since 20,187,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,187,552, 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).