Q: Is 28,740,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,740,712 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 28,740,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 37 44 52 56 74 77 88 91 97 104 143 148 154 182 194 259 286 296 308 364 388 407 481 518 572 616 679 728 776 814 962 1,001 1,036 1,067 1,144 1,261 1,358 1,628 1,924 2,002 2,072 2,134 2,522 2,716 2,849 3,256 3,367 3,589 3,848 4,004 4,268 5,044 5,291 5,432 5,698 6,734 7,178 7,469 8,008 8,536 8,827 10,088 10,582 11,396 13,468 13,871 14,356 14,938 17,654 21,164 22,792 25,123 26,936 27,742 28,712 29,876 35,308 37,037 39,479 42,328 46,657 50,246 55,484 59,752 70,616 74,074 78,958 93,314 97,097 100,492 110,968 148,148 157,916 186,628 194,194 200,984 276,353 296,296 315,832 326,599 373,256 388,388 513,227 552,706 653,198 776,776 1,026,454 1,105,412 1,306,396 2,052,908 2,210,824 2,612,792 3,592,589 4,105,816 7,185,178 14,370,356 and 28,740,712, with no remainder.

Since 28,740,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,740,712, 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).