Q: Is 20,232,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,232,108 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 20,232,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 442 468 612 663 884 1,326 1,989 2,543 2,652 3,978 5,086 7,629 7,956 10,172 15,258 22,887 30,516 33,059 43,231 45,774 66,118 86,462 91,548 99,177 129,693 132,236 172,924 198,354 259,386 297,531 389,079 396,708 518,772 562,003 595,062 778,158 1,124,006 1,190,124 1,556,316 1,686,009 2,248,012 3,372,018 5,058,027 6,744,036 10,116,054 and 20,232,108, with no remainder.

Since 20,232,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,232,108, 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).