Q: Is 20,373,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,373,624 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 20,373,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 53 57 72 76 106 114 152 159 171 212 228 281 318 342 424 456 477 562 636 684 843 954 1,007 1,124 1,272 1,368 1,686 1,908 2,014 2,248 2,529 3,021 3,372 3,816 4,028 5,058 5,339 6,042 6,744 8,056 9,063 10,116 10,678 12,084 14,893 16,017 18,126 20,232 21,356 24,168 29,786 32,034 36,252 42,712 44,679 48,051 59,572 64,068 72,504 89,358 96,102 119,144 128,136 134,037 178,716 192,204 268,074 282,967 357,432 384,408 536,148 565,934 848,901 1,072,296 1,131,868 1,697,802 2,263,736 2,546,703 3,395,604 5,093,406 6,791,208 10,186,812 and 20,373,624, with no remainder.

Since 20,373,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,373,624, 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).