Q: Is 28,355,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,355,616 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 28,355,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 37 48 54 72 74 96 108 111 144 148 216 222 288 296 333 432 444 592 666 864 887 888 999 1,184 1,332 1,774 1,776 1,998 2,661 2,664 3,548 3,552 3,996 5,322 5,328 7,096 7,983 7,992 10,644 10,656 14,192 15,966 15,984 21,288 23,949 28,384 31,932 31,968 32,819 42,576 47,898 63,864 65,638 85,152 95,796 98,457 127,728 131,276 191,592 196,914 255,456 262,552 295,371 383,184 393,828 525,104 590,742 766,368 787,656 886,113 1,050,208 1,181,484 1,575,312 1,772,226 2,362,968 3,150,624 3,544,452 4,725,936 7,088,904 9,451,872 14,177,808 and 28,355,616, with no remainder.

Since 28,355,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,355,616, 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).