Q: Is 21,167,034 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,167,034 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 21,167,034 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 37 42 53 74 106 111 159 222 257 259 318 371 514 518 742 771 777 1,113 1,542 1,554 1,799 1,961 2,226 3,598 3,922 5,397 5,883 9,509 10,794 11,766 13,621 13,727 19,018 27,242 27,454 28,527 40,863 41,181 57,054 66,563 81,726 82,362 95,347 133,126 190,694 199,689 286,041 399,378 503,977 572,082 1,007,954 1,511,931 3,023,862 3,527,839 7,055,678 10,583,517 and 21,167,034, with no remainder.

Since 21,167,034 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,167,034, 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).