Q: Is 20,762,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,762,000 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 20,762,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 80 100 112 125 140 175 200 250 280 350 400 500 560 700 875 1,000 1,400 1,483 1,750 2,000 2,800 2,966 3,500 5,932 7,000 7,415 10,381 11,864 14,000 14,830 20,762 23,728 29,660 37,075 41,524 51,905 59,320 74,150 83,048 103,810 118,640 148,300 166,096 185,375 207,620 259,525 296,600 370,750 415,240 519,050 593,200 741,500 830,480 1,038,100 1,297,625 1,483,000 2,076,200 2,595,250 2,966,000 4,152,400 5,190,500 10,381,000 and 20,762,000, with no remainder.

Since 20,762,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,762,000, 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).