Q: Is 22,481,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,481,040 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 22,481,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 240 282 376 470 564 705 752 940 1,128 1,410 1,880 1,993 2,256 2,820 3,760 3,986 5,640 5,979 7,972 9,965 11,280 11,958 15,944 19,930 23,916 29,895 31,888 39,860 47,832 59,790 79,720 93,671 95,664 119,580 159,440 187,342 239,160 281,013 374,684 468,355 478,320 562,026 749,368 936,710 1,124,052 1,405,065 1,498,736 1,873,420 2,248,104 2,810,130 3,746,840 4,496,208 5,620,260 7,493,680 11,240,520 and 22,481,040, with no remainder.

Since 22,481,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,481,040, 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).