Q: Is 30,523,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,523,248 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 30,523,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 107 112 126 144 168 214 252 283 321 336 428 504 566 642 749 849 856 963 1,008 1,132 1,284 1,498 1,698 1,712 1,926 1,981 2,247 2,264 2,547 2,568 2,996 3,396 3,852 3,962 4,494 4,528 5,094 5,136 5,943 5,992 6,741 6,792 7,704 7,924 8,988 10,188 11,886 11,984 13,482 13,584 15,408 15,848 17,829 17,976 20,376 23,772 26,964 30,281 31,696 35,658 35,952 40,752 47,544 53,928 60,562 71,316 90,843 95,088 107,856 121,124 142,632 181,686 211,967 242,248 272,529 285,264 363,372 423,934 484,496 545,058 635,901 726,744 847,868 1,090,116 1,271,802 1,453,488 1,695,736 1,907,703 2,180,232 2,543,604 3,391,472 3,815,406 4,360,464 5,087,208 7,630,812 10,174,416 15,261,624 and 30,523,248, with no remainder.

Since 30,523,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,523,248, 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).