Q: Is 21,432,744 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,432,744 is a composite number.

Why is 21,432,744 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 21,432,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 179 358 537 716 1,074 1,432 1,611 1,663 2,148 3,222 3,326 4,296 4,989 6,444 6,652 9,978 12,888 13,304 14,967 19,956 29,934 39,912 59,868 119,736 297,677 595,354 893,031 1,190,708 1,786,062 2,381,416 2,679,093 3,572,124 5,358,186 7,144,248 10,716,372 and 21,432,744, with no remainder.

Since 21,432,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,432,744, 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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