Q: Is 22,491,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,491,216 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 22,491,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 1,188 1,584 2,376 4,733 4,752 9,466 14,199 18,932 28,398 37,864 42,597 52,063 56,796 75,728 85,194 104,126 113,592 127,791 156,189 170,388 208,252 227,184 255,582 312,378 340,776 416,504 468,567 511,164 624,756 681,552 833,008 937,134 1,022,328 1,249,512 1,405,701 1,874,268 2,044,656 2,499,024 2,811,402 3,748,536 5,622,804 7,497,072 11,245,608 and 22,491,216, with no remainder.

Since 22,491,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,491,216, 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).