Q: Is 21,944,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 21,944,496 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 21,944,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 241 271 336 482 542 723 813 964 1,084 1,446 1,626 1,687 1,897 1,928 2,168 2,892 3,252 3,374 3,794 3,856 4,336 5,061 5,691 5,784 6,504 6,748 7,588 10,122 11,382 11,568 13,008 13,496 15,176 20,244 22,764 26,992 30,352 40,488 45,528 65,311 80,976 91,056 130,622 195,933 261,244 391,866 457,177 522,488 783,732 914,354 1,044,976 1,371,531 1,567,464 1,828,708 2,743,062 3,134,928 3,657,416 5,486,124 7,314,832 10,972,248 and 21,944,496, with no remainder.

Since 21,944,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,944,496, 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).