Q: Is 21,232,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,232,024 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 21,232,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 31 43 44 62 86 88 124 172 181 248 341 344 362 473 682 724 946 1,333 1,364 1,448 1,892 1,991 2,666 2,728 3,784 3,982 5,332 5,611 7,783 7,964 10,664 11,222 14,663 15,566 15,928 22,444 29,326 31,132 44,888 58,652 61,721 62,264 85,613 117,304 123,442 171,226 241,273 246,884 342,452 482,546 493,768 684,904 965,092 1,930,184 2,654,003 5,308,006 10,616,012 and 21,232,024, with no remainder.

Since 21,232,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,232,024, 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).