Q: Is 30,135,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,135,424 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 30,135,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 32 34 44 64 68 88 128 136 176 187 272 352 374 544 704 748 1,088 1,259 1,408 1,496 2,176 2,518 2,992 5,036 5,984 10,072 11,968 13,849 20,144 21,403 23,936 27,698 40,288 42,806 55,396 80,576 85,612 110,792 161,152 171,224 221,584 235,433 342,448 443,168 470,866 684,896 886,336 941,732 1,369,792 1,772,672 1,883,464 2,739,584 3,766,928 7,533,856 15,067,712 and 30,135,424, with no remainder.

Since 30,135,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,135,424, 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).