Q: Is 21,798,616 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,798,616 is a composite number.

Why is 21,798,616 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 21,798,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 97 194 388 679 776 1,358 2,716 4,013 5,432 8,026 16,052 28,091 32,104 56,182 112,364 224,728 389,261 778,522 1,557,044 2,724,827 3,114,088 5,449,654 10,899,308 and 21,798,616, with no remainder.

Since 21,798,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,798,616, 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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