Q: Is 21,367,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,367,296 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 21,367,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 1,152 1,536 2,304 4,608 4,637 9,274 13,911 18,548 27,822 37,096 41,733 55,644 74,192 83,466 111,288 148,384 166,932 222,576 296,768 333,864 445,152 593,536 667,728 890,304 1,187,072 1,335,456 1,780,608 2,374,144 2,670,912 3,561,216 5,341,824 7,122,432 10,683,648 and 21,367,296, with no remainder.

Since 21,367,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,367,296, 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).