Q: Is 21,452,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,452,304 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 21,452,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 37 47 48 74 94 111 141 148 188 222 257 282 296 376 444 514 564 592 752 771 888 1,028 1,128 1,542 1,739 1,776 2,056 2,256 3,084 3,478 4,112 5,217 6,168 6,956 9,509 10,434 12,079 12,336 13,912 19,018 20,868 24,158 27,824 28,527 36,237 38,036 41,736 48,316 57,054 72,474 76,072 83,472 96,632 114,108 144,948 152,144 193,264 228,216 289,896 446,923 456,432 579,792 893,846 1,340,769 1,787,692 2,681,538 3,575,384 5,363,076 7,150,768 10,726,152 and 21,452,304, with no remainder.

Since 21,452,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,452,304, 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).