Q: Is 22,246,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,246,272 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 22,246,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 41 48 54 64 72 82 96 108 123 128 144 157 164 192 216 246 288 314 328 369 384 432 471 492 576 628 656 738 864 942 984 1,107 1,152 1,256 1,312 1,413 1,476 1,728 1,884 1,968 2,214 2,512 2,624 2,826 2,952 3,456 3,768 3,936 4,239 4,428 5,024 5,248 5,652 5,904 6,437 7,536 7,872 8,478 8,856 10,048 11,304 11,808 12,874 15,072 15,744 16,956 17,712 19,311 20,096 22,608 23,616 25,748 30,144 33,912 35,424 38,622 45,216 47,232 51,496 57,933 60,288 67,824 70,848 77,244 90,432 102,992 115,866 135,648 141,696 154,488 173,799 180,864 205,984 231,732 271,296 308,976 347,598 411,968 463,464 542,592 617,952 695,196 823,936 926,928 1,235,904 1,390,392 1,853,856 2,471,808 2,780,784 3,707,712 5,561,568 7,415,424 11,123,136 and 22,246,272, with no remainder.

Since 22,246,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,246,272, 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).