Q: Is 21,536,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,536,328 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 21,536,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 29 33 44 58 66 87 88 97 116 132 174 194 232 264 291 319 348 388 582 638 696 776 841 957 1,067 1,164 1,276 1,682 1,914 2,134 2,328 2,523 2,552 2,813 3,201 3,364 3,828 4,268 5,046 5,626 6,402 6,728 7,656 8,439 8,536 9,251 10,092 11,252 12,804 16,878 18,502 20,184 22,504 25,608 27,753 30,943 33,756 37,004 55,506 61,886 67,512 74,008 81,577 92,829 111,012 123,772 163,154 185,658 222,024 244,731 247,544 326,308 371,316 489,462 652,616 742,632 897,347 978,924 1,794,694 1,957,848 2,692,041 3,589,388 5,384,082 7,178,776 10,768,164 and 21,536,328, with no remainder.

Since 21,536,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,536,328, 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).