Q: Is 20,232,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,232,000 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 20,232,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 64 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 125 144 150 160 180 192 200 225 240 250 281 288 300 320 360 375 400 450 480 500 562 576 600 720 750 800 843 900 960 1,000 1,124 1,125 1,200 1,405 1,440 1,500 1,600 1,686 1,800 2,000 2,248 2,250 2,400 2,529 2,810 2,880 3,000 3,372 3,600 4,000 4,215 4,496 4,500 4,800 5,058 5,620 6,000 6,744 7,025 7,200 8,000 8,430 8,992 9,000 10,116 11,240 12,000 12,645 13,488 14,050 14,400 16,860 17,984 18,000 20,232 21,075 22,480 24,000 25,290 26,976 28,100 33,720 35,125 36,000 40,464 42,150 44,960 50,580 53,952 56,200 63,225 67,440 70,250 72,000 80,928 84,300 89,920 101,160 105,375 112,400 126,450 134,880 140,500 161,856 168,600 202,320 210,750 224,800 252,900 269,760 281,000 316,125 337,200 404,640 421,500 449,600 505,800 562,000 632,250 674,400 809,280 843,000 1,011,600 1,124,000 1,264,500 1,348,800 1,686,000 2,023,200 2,248,000 2,529,000 3,372,000 4,046,400 5,058,000 6,744,000 10,116,000 and 20,232,000, with no remainder.

Since 20,232,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,232,000, 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).