Q: Is 21,852,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,852,000 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 21,852,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 125 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 250 288 300 360 375 400 450 480 500 600 607 720 750 800 900 1,000 1,125 1,200 1,214 1,440 1,500 1,800 1,821 2,000 2,250 2,400 2,428 3,000 3,035 3,600 3,642 4,000 4,500 4,856 5,463 6,000 6,070 7,200 7,284 9,000 9,105 9,712 10,926 12,000 12,140 14,568 15,175 18,000 18,210 19,424 21,852 24,280 27,315 29,136 30,350 36,000 36,420 43,704 45,525 48,560 54,630 58,272 60,700 72,840 75,875 87,408 91,050 97,120 109,260 121,400 136,575 145,680 151,750 174,816 182,100 218,520 227,625 242,800 273,150 291,360 303,500 364,200 437,040 455,250 485,600 546,300 607,000 682,875 728,400 874,080 910,500 1,092,600 1,214,000 1,365,750 1,456,800 1,821,000 2,185,200 2,428,000 2,731,500 3,642,000 4,370,400 5,463,000 7,284,000 10,926,000 and 21,852,000, with no remainder.

Since 21,852,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,852,000, 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).