Q: Is 22,420,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,420,112 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 22,420,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 41 44 52 82 88 104 143 164 176 208 239 286 328 451 478 533 572 656 902 956 1,066 1,144 1,804 1,912 2,132 2,288 2,629 3,107 3,608 3,824 4,264 5,258 5,863 6,214 7,216 8,528 9,799 10,516 11,726 12,428 19,598 21,032 23,452 24,856 34,177 39,196 42,064 46,904 49,712 68,354 78,392 93,808 107,789 127,387 136,708 156,784 215,578 254,774 273,416 431,156 509,548 546,832 862,312 1,019,096 1,401,257 1,724,624 2,038,192 2,802,514 5,605,028 11,210,056 and 22,420,112, with no remainder.

Since 22,420,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,420,112, 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).