Q: Is 21,271,248 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,271,248 is a composite number.

Why is 21,271,248 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 21,271,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 243 324 432 486 648 972 1,296 1,944 3,888 5,471 10,942 16,413 21,884 32,826 43,768 49,239 65,652 87,536 98,478 131,304 147,717 196,956 262,608 295,434 393,912 443,151 590,868 787,824 886,302 1,181,736 1,329,453 1,772,604 2,363,472 2,658,906 3,545,208 5,317,812 7,090,416 10,635,624 and 21,271,248, with no remainder.

Since 21,271,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,271,248, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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