Q: Is 21,742,116 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,742,116 is a composite number.

Why is 21,742,116 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 21,742,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 17 22 33 34 44 51 66 68 102 132 187 204 374 561 748 1,122 2,244 9,689 19,378 29,067 38,756 58,134 106,579 116,268 164,713 213,158 319,737 329,426 426,316 494,139 639,474 658,852 988,278 1,278,948 1,811,843 1,976,556 3,623,686 5,435,529 7,247,372 10,871,058 and 21,742,116, with no remainder.

Since 21,742,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,742,116, 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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