Q: Is 21,695,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,695,952 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 21,695,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 47 48 59 94 118 141 163 177 188 236 282 326 354 376 472 489 564 652 708 752 944 978 1,128 1,304 1,416 1,956 2,256 2,608 2,773 2,832 3,912 5,546 7,661 7,824 8,319 9,617 11,092 15,322 16,638 19,234 22,184 22,983 28,851 30,644 33,276 38,468 44,368 45,966 57,702 61,288 66,552 76,936 91,932 115,404 122,576 133,104 153,872 183,864 230,808 367,728 451,999 461,616 903,998 1,355,997 1,807,996 2,711,994 3,615,992 5,423,988 7,231,984 10,847,976 and 21,695,952, with no remainder.

Since 21,695,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,695,952, 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).