Q: Is 22,138,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,138,216 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 22,138,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 31 34 59 62 68 89 118 124 136 178 236 248 356 472 527 712 1,003 1,054 1,513 1,829 2,006 2,108 2,759 3,026 3,658 4,012 4,216 5,251 5,518 6,052 7,316 8,024 10,502 11,036 12,104 14,632 21,004 22,072 31,093 42,008 46,903 62,186 89,267 93,806 124,372 162,781 178,534 187,612 248,744 325,562 357,068 375,224 651,124 714,136 1,302,248 2,767,277 5,534,554 11,069,108 and 22,138,216, with no remainder.

Since 22,138,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,138,216, 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).