Q: Is 20,424,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,424,624 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 20,424,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 101 132 176 202 264 303 383 404 528 606 766 808 1,111 1,149 1,212 1,532 1,616 2,222 2,298 2,424 3,064 3,333 4,213 4,444 4,596 4,848 6,128 6,666 8,426 8,888 9,192 12,639 13,332 16,852 17,776 18,384 25,278 26,664 33,704 38,683 50,556 53,328 67,408 77,366 101,112 116,049 154,732 202,224 232,098 309,464 425,513 464,196 618,928 851,026 928,392 1,276,539 1,702,052 1,856,784 2,553,078 3,404,104 5,106,156 6,808,208 10,212,312 and 20,424,624, with no remainder.

Since 20,424,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,424,624, 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).