Q: Is 21,935,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,935,376 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 21,935,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 36 37 46 48 69 72 74 92 111 138 144 148 179 184 207 222 276 296 333 358 368 414 444 537 552 592 666 716 828 851 888 1,074 1,104 1,332 1,432 1,611 1,656 1,702 1,776 2,148 2,553 2,664 2,864 3,222 3,312 3,404 4,117 4,296 5,106 5,328 6,444 6,623 6,808 7,659 8,234 8,592 10,212 12,351 12,888 13,246 13,616 15,318 16,468 19,869 20,424 24,702 25,776 26,492 30,636 32,936 37,053 39,738 40,848 49,404 52,984 59,607 61,272 65,872 74,106 79,476 98,808 105,968 119,214 122,544 148,212 152,329 158,952 197,616 238,428 296,424 304,658 317,904 456,987 476,856 592,848 609,316 913,974 953,712 1,218,632 1,370,961 1,827,948 2,437,264 2,741,922 3,655,896 5,483,844 7,311,792 10,967,688 and 21,935,376, with no remainder.

Since 21,935,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,935,376, 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).