Q: Is 21,436,736 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,436,736 is a composite number.

Why is 21,436,736 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 21,436,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 46 64 92 184 368 736 1,472 14,563 29,126 58,252 116,504 233,008 334,949 466,016 669,898 932,032 1,339,796 2,679,592 5,359,184 10,718,368 and 21,436,736, with no remainder.

Since 21,436,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,436,736, 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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