Q: Is 21,734,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,734,300 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 21,734,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 25 28 35 50 61 70 100 122 140 175 244 305 350 427 509 610 700 854 1,018 1,220 1,525 1,708 2,036 2,135 2,545 3,050 3,563 4,270 5,090 6,100 7,126 8,540 10,180 10,675 12,725 14,252 17,815 21,350 25,450 31,049 35,630 42,700 50,900 62,098 71,260 89,075 124,196 155,245 178,150 217,343 310,490 356,300 434,686 620,980 776,225 869,372 1,086,715 1,552,450 2,173,430 3,104,900 4,346,860 5,433,575 10,867,150 and 21,734,300, with no remainder.

Since 21,734,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,734,300, 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).