Q: Is 21,424,656 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,424,656 is a composite number.

Why is 21,424,656 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 21,424,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 264 528 40,577 81,154 121,731 162,308 243,462 324,616 446,347 486,924 649,232 892,694 973,848 1,339,041 1,785,388 1,947,696 2,678,082 3,570,776 5,356,164 7,141,552 10,712,328 and 21,424,656, with no remainder.

Since 21,424,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,424,656, 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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