Q: Is 20,500,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,500,272 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 20,500,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 47 48 52 72 78 94 104 117 141 144 156 188 208 233 234 282 312 376 423 466 468 564 611 624 699 752 846 932 936 1,128 1,222 1,398 1,692 1,833 1,864 1,872 2,097 2,256 2,444 2,796 3,029 3,384 3,666 3,728 4,194 4,888 5,499 5,592 6,058 6,768 7,332 8,388 9,087 9,776 10,951 10,998 11,184 12,116 14,664 16,776 18,174 21,902 21,996 24,232 27,261 29,328 32,853 33,552 36,348 43,804 43,992 48,464 54,522 65,706 72,696 87,608 87,984 98,559 109,044 131,412 142,363 145,392 175,216 197,118 218,088 262,824 284,726 394,236 427,089 436,176 525,648 569,452 788,472 854,178 1,138,904 1,281,267 1,576,944 1,708,356 2,277,808 2,562,534 3,416,712 5,125,068 6,833,424 10,250,136 and 20,500,272, with no remainder.

Since 20,500,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,500,272, 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).