Q: Is 20,774,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,774,304 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 20,774,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 72 96 106 144 159 212 288 318 424 477 636 848 954 1,272 1,361 1,696 1,908 2,544 2,722 3,816 4,083 5,088 5,444 7,632 8,166 10,888 12,249 15,264 16,332 21,776 24,498 32,664 43,552 48,996 65,328 72,133 97,992 130,656 144,266 195,984 216,399 288,532 391,968 432,798 577,064 649,197 865,596 1,154,128 1,298,394 1,731,192 2,308,256 2,596,788 3,462,384 5,193,576 6,924,768 10,387,152 and 20,774,304, with no remainder.

Since 20,774,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,774,304, 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).