Q: Is 20,424,276 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,424,276 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 20,424,276 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 23 34 36 46 51 68 69 92 102 138 153 204 207 276 306 391 414 612 782 828 1,173 1,451 1,564 2,346 2,902 3,519 4,353 4,692 5,804 7,038 8,706 13,059 14,076 17,412 24,667 26,118 33,373 49,334 52,236 66,746 74,001 98,668 100,119 133,492 148,002 200,238 222,003 296,004 300,357 400,476 444,006 567,341 600,714 888,012 1,134,682 1,201,428 1,702,023 2,269,364 3,404,046 5,106,069 6,808,092 10,212,138 and 20,424,276, with no remainder.

Since 20,424,276 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,424,276, 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).