Q: Is 222,015,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 222,015,024 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 222,015,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 112 126 132 144 154 168 176 198 231 252 264 308 336 396 462 504 528 616 693 792 924 1,008 1,232 1,386 1,584 1,848 2,772 3,696 5,544 11,088 20,023 40,046 60,069 80,092 120,138 140,161 160,184 180,207 220,253 240,276 280,322 320,368 360,414 420,483 440,506 480,552 560,644 660,759 720,828 840,966 881,012 961,104 1,121,288 1,261,449 1,321,518 1,441,656 1,541,771 1,681,932 1,762,024 1,982,277 2,242,576 2,522,898 2,643,036 2,883,312 3,083,542 3,363,864 3,524,048 3,964,554 4,625,313 5,045,796 5,286,072 6,167,084 6,727,728 7,929,108 9,250,626 10,091,592 10,572,144 12,334,168 13,875,939 15,858,216 18,501,252 20,183,184 24,668,336 27,751,878 31,716,432 37,002,504 55,503,756 74,005,008 111,007,512 and 222,015,024, with no remainder.

Since 222,015,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 222,015,024, 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).