Q: Is 30,566,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,566,744 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 30,566,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 19 26 31 38 52 62 76 104 124 152 247 248 403 494 499 589 806 988 998 1,178 1,612 1,976 1,996 2,356 3,224 3,992 4,712 6,487 7,657 9,481 12,974 15,314 15,469 18,962 25,948 30,628 30,938 37,924 51,896 61,256 61,876 75,848 123,253 123,752 201,097 246,506 293,911 402,194 493,012 587,822 804,388 986,024 1,175,644 1,608,776 2,351,288 3,820,843 7,641,686 15,283,372 and 30,566,744, with no remainder.

Since 30,566,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,566,744, 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).