Q: Is 30,917,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 30,917,952 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 30,917,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 192 208 234 288 312 416 468 576 624 832 936 1,248 1,872 2,496 3,744 4,129 7,488 8,258 12,387 16,516 24,774 33,032 37,161 49,548 53,677 66,064 74,322 99,096 107,354 132,128 148,644 161,031 198,192 214,708 264,256 297,288 322,062 396,384 429,416 483,093 594,576 644,124 792,768 858,832 966,186 1,189,152 1,288,248 1,717,664 1,932,372 2,378,304 2,576,496 3,435,328 3,864,744 5,152,992 7,729,488 10,305,984 15,458,976 and 30,917,952, with no remainder.

Since 30,917,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 30,917,952, 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).