Q: Is 20,816,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,816,352 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 20,816,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,296 1,944 2,592 2,677 3,888 5,354 7,776 8,031 10,708 16,062 21,416 24,093 32,124 42,832 48,186 64,248 72,279 85,664 96,372 128,496 144,558 192,744 216,837 256,992 289,116 385,488 433,674 578,232 650,511 770,976 867,348 1,156,464 1,301,022 1,734,696 2,312,928 2,602,044 3,469,392 5,204,088 6,938,784 10,408,176 and 20,816,352, with no remainder.

Since 20,816,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,816,352, 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).