Q: Is 21,532,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,532,016 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 21,532,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 38 44 47 76 88 94 137 152 176 188 209 274 304 376 418 517 548 752 836 893 1,034 1,096 1,507 1,672 1,786 2,068 2,192 2,603 3,014 3,344 3,572 4,136 5,206 6,028 6,439 7,144 8,272 9,823 10,412 12,056 12,878 14,288 19,646 20,824 24,112 25,756 28,633 39,292 41,648 51,512 57,266 70,829 78,584 103,024 114,532 122,341 141,658 157,168 229,064 244,682 283,316 458,128 489,364 566,632 978,728 1,133,264 1,345,751 1,957,456 2,691,502 5,383,004 10,766,008 and 21,532,016, with no remainder.

Since 21,532,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,532,016, 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).