Q: Is 28,424,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,424,736 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 28,424,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 96 108 144 167 197 216 288 334 394 432 501 591 668 788 864 1,002 1,182 1,336 1,503 1,576 1,773 2,004 2,364 2,672 3,006 3,152 3,546 4,008 4,509 4,728 5,319 5,344 6,012 6,304 7,092 8,016 9,018 9,456 10,638 12,024 14,184 16,032 18,036 18,912 21,276 24,048 28,368 32,899 36,072 42,552 48,096 56,736 65,798 72,144 85,104 98,697 131,596 144,288 170,208 197,394 263,192 296,091 394,788 526,384 592,182 789,576 888,273 1,052,768 1,184,364 1,579,152 1,776,546 2,368,728 3,158,304 3,553,092 4,737,456 7,106,184 9,474,912 14,212,368 and 28,424,736, with no remainder.

Since 28,424,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,424,736, 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).