Q: Is 22,372,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,372,020 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 22,372,020 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 11,299 22,598 33,897 45,196 56,495 67,794 101,691 112,990 124,289 135,588 169,485 203,382 225,980 248,578 338,970 372,867 406,764 497,156 508,455 621,445 677,940 745,734 1,016,910 1,118,601 1,242,890 1,491,468 1,864,335 2,033,820 2,237,202 2,485,780 3,728,670 4,474,404 5,593,005 7,457,340 11,186,010 and 22,372,020, with no remainder.

Since 22,372,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,372,020, 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).