Q: Is 26,246,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,246,976 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 26,246,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 59 64 84 96 112 118 168 177 192 224 236 331 336 354 413 448 472 662 672 708 826 944 993 1,239 1,324 1,344 1,416 1,652 1,888 1,986 2,317 2,478 2,648 2,832 3,304 3,776 3,972 4,634 4,956 5,296 5,664 6,608 6,951 7,944 9,268 9,912 10,592 11,328 13,216 13,902 15,888 18,536 19,529 19,824 21,184 26,432 27,804 31,776 37,072 39,058 39,648 55,608 58,587 63,552 74,144 78,116 79,296 111,216 117,174 136,703 148,288 156,232 222,432 234,348 273,406 312,464 410,109 444,864 468,696 546,812 624,928 820,218 937,392 1,093,624 1,249,856 1,640,436 1,874,784 2,187,248 3,280,872 3,749,568 4,374,496 6,561,744 8,748,992 13,123,488 and 26,246,976, with no remainder.

Since 26,246,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,246,976, 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).