Q: Is 22,463,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,463,520 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 22,463,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 80 96 106 120 159 160 212 240 265 318 424 480 530 636 795 848 883 1,060 1,272 1,590 1,696 1,766 2,120 2,544 2,649 3,180 3,532 4,240 4,415 5,088 5,298 6,360 7,064 8,480 8,830 10,596 12,720 13,245 14,128 17,660 21,192 25,440 26,490 28,256 35,320 42,384 46,799 52,980 70,640 84,768 93,598 105,960 140,397 141,280 187,196 211,920 233,995 280,794 374,392 423,840 467,990 561,588 701,985 748,784 935,980 1,123,176 1,403,970 1,497,568 1,871,960 2,246,352 2,807,940 3,743,920 4,492,704 5,615,880 7,487,840 11,231,760 and 22,463,520, with no remainder.

Since 22,463,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,463,520, 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).