Q: Is 20,709,234 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,709,234 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 20,709,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 39 42 47 63 78 91 94 117 126 141 182 234 269 273 282 329 423 538 546 611 658 807 819 846 987 1,222 1,614 1,638 1,833 1,883 1,974 2,421 2,961 3,497 3,666 3,766 4,277 4,842 5,499 5,649 5,922 6,994 8,554 10,491 10,998 11,298 12,643 12,831 16,947 20,982 24,479 25,286 25,662 31,473 33,894 37,929 38,493 48,958 62,946 73,437 75,858 76,986 88,501 113,787 146,874 164,359 177,002 220,311 227,574 265,503 328,718 440,622 493,077 531,006 796,509 986,154 1,150,513 1,479,231 1,593,018 2,301,026 2,958,462 3,451,539 6,903,078 10,354,617 and 20,709,234, with no remainder.

Since 20,709,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,709,234, 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).