Q: Is 20,959,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 20,959,224 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 20,959,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 31 33 39 44 52 62 66 78 88 93 104 124 132 143 156 186 197 248 264 286 312 341 372 394 403 429 572 591 682 744 788 806 858 1,023 1,144 1,182 1,209 1,364 1,576 1,612 1,716 2,046 2,167 2,364 2,418 2,561 2,728 3,224 3,432 4,092 4,334 4,433 4,728 4,836 5,122 6,107 6,501 7,683 8,184 8,668 8,866 9,672 10,244 12,214 13,002 13,299 15,366 17,336 17,732 18,321 20,488 24,428 26,004 26,598 28,171 30,732 35,464 36,642 48,856 52,008 53,196 56,342 61,464 67,177 73,284 79,391 84,513 106,392 112,684 134,354 146,568 158,782 169,026 201,531 225,368 238,173 268,708 317,564 338,052 403,062 476,346 537,416 635,128 676,104 806,124 873,301 952,692 1,612,248 1,746,602 1,905,384 2,619,903 3,493,204 5,239,806 6,986,408 10,479,612 and 20,959,224, with no remainder.

Since 20,959,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,959,224, 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).