Q: Is 22,332,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,332,420 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 22,332,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 660 990 1,980 11,279 22,558 33,837 45,116 56,395 67,674 101,511 112,790 124,069 135,348 169,185 203,022 225,580 248,138 338,370 372,207 406,044 496,276 507,555 620,345 676,740 744,414 1,015,110 1,116,621 1,240,690 1,488,828 1,861,035 2,030,220 2,233,242 2,481,380 3,722,070 4,466,484 5,583,105 7,444,140 11,166,210 and 22,332,420, with no remainder.

Since 22,332,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,332,420, 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).