Q: Is 22,212,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,212,216 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 22,212,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 52 57 72 76 78 104 114 117 152 156 171 228 234 247 312 342 456 468 494 684 741 936 988 1,249 1,368 1,482 1,976 2,223 2,498 2,964 3,747 4,446 4,996 5,928 7,494 8,892 9,992 11,241 14,988 16,237 17,784 22,482 23,731 29,976 32,474 44,964 47,462 48,711 64,948 71,193 89,928 94,924 97,422 129,896 142,386 146,133 189,848 194,844 213,579 284,772 292,266 308,503 389,688 427,158 569,544 584,532 617,006 854,316 925,509 1,169,064 1,234,012 1,708,632 1,851,018 2,468,024 2,776,527 3,702,036 5,553,054 7,404,072 11,106,108 and 22,212,216, with no remainder.

Since 22,212,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,212,216, 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).