Q: Is 22,299,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,299,408 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 22,299,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 82 108 123 144 164 216 246 328 369 432 492 656 738 984 1,107 1,259 1,476 1,968 2,214 2,518 2,952 3,777 4,428 5,036 5,904 7,554 8,856 10,072 11,331 15,108 17,712 20,144 22,662 30,216 33,993 45,324 51,619 60,432 67,986 90,648 103,238 135,972 154,857 181,296 206,476 271,944 309,714 412,952 464,571 543,888 619,428 825,904 929,142 1,238,856 1,393,713 1,858,284 2,477,712 2,787,426 3,716,568 5,574,852 7,433,136 11,149,704 and 22,299,408, with no remainder.

Since 22,299,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,299,408, 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).