Q: Is 22,207,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,207,152 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 22,207,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 137 176 264 274 307 411 528 548 614 822 921 1,096 1,228 1,507 1,644 1,842 2,192 2,456 3,014 3,288 3,377 3,684 4,521 4,912 6,028 6,576 6,754 7,368 9,042 10,131 12,056 13,508 14,736 18,084 20,262 24,112 27,016 36,168 40,524 42,059 54,032 72,336 81,048 84,118 126,177 162,096 168,236 252,354 336,472 462,649 504,708 672,944 925,298 1,009,416 1,387,947 1,850,596 2,018,832 2,775,894 3,701,192 5,551,788 7,402,384 11,103,576 and 22,207,152, with no remainder.

Since 22,207,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,207,152, 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).