Q: Is 31,202,122 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,202,122 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 31,202,122 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 23 46 49 98 109 127 161 218 254 322 763 889 1,127 1,526 1,778 2,254 2,507 2,921 5,014 5,341 5,842 6,223 10,682 12,446 13,843 17,549 20,447 27,686 35,098 40,894 96,901 122,843 143,129 193,802 245,686 286,258 318,389 636,778 678,307 1,356,614 2,228,723 4,457,446 15,601,061 and 31,202,122, with no remainder.

Since 31,202,122 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,202,122, 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).