Q: Is 22,421,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 22,421,040 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 22,421,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 103 120 206 240 309 412 515 618 824 907 1,030 1,236 1,545 1,648 1,814 2,060 2,472 2,721 3,090 3,628 4,120 4,535 4,944 5,442 6,180 7,256 8,240 9,070 10,884 12,360 13,605 14,512 18,140 21,768 24,720 27,210 36,280 43,536 54,420 72,560 93,421 108,840 186,842 217,680 280,263 373,684 467,105 560,526 747,368 934,210 1,121,052 1,401,315 1,494,736 1,868,420 2,242,104 2,802,630 3,736,840 4,484,208 5,605,260 7,473,680 11,210,520 and 22,421,040, with no remainder.

Since 22,421,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 22,421,040, 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).