Q: Is 22,236,690 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,236,690 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 22,236,690 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 49 70 98 105 147 210 245 294 343 490 686 735 1,029 1,470 1,715 2,058 2,161 3,430 4,322 5,145 6,483 10,290 10,805 12,966 15,127 21,610 30,254 32,415 45,381 64,830 75,635 90,762 105,889 151,270 211,778 226,905 317,667 453,810 529,445 635,334 741,223 1,058,890 1,482,446 1,588,335 2,223,669 3,176,670 3,706,115 4,447,338 7,412,230 11,118,345 and 22,236,690, with no remainder.

Since 22,236,690 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,236,690, 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).