Q: Is 21,731,232 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,731,232 is a composite number.

Why is 21,731,232 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 21,731,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 226,367 452,734 679,101 905,468 1,358,202 1,810,936 2,716,404 3,621,872 5,432,808 7,243,744 10,865,616 and 21,731,232, with no remainder.

Since 21,731,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,731,232, 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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