Q: Is 22,959,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,959,828 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 22,959,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 67 76 108 114 134 167 171 201 228 268 334 342 402 501 513 603 668 684 804 1,002 1,026 1,206 1,273 1,503 1,809 2,004 2,052 2,412 2,546 3,006 3,173 3,618 3,819 4,509 5,092 6,012 6,346 7,236 7,638 9,018 9,519 11,189 11,457 12,692 15,276 18,036 19,038 22,378 22,914 28,557 33,567 34,371 38,076 44,756 45,828 57,114 67,134 68,742 85,671 100,701 114,228 134,268 137,484 171,342 201,402 212,591 302,103 342,684 402,804 425,182 604,206 637,773 850,364 1,208,412 1,275,546 1,913,319 2,551,092 3,826,638 5,739,957 7,653,276 11,479,914 and 22,959,828, with no remainder.

Since 22,959,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,959,828, 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).