Q: Is 31,214,106 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,214,106 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 31,214,106 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 297 378 462 594 693 1,386 2,079 4,158 7,507 15,014 22,521 45,042 52,549 67,563 82,577 105,098 135,126 157,647 165,154 202,689 247,731 315,294 405,378 472,941 495,462 578,039 743,193 945,882 1,156,078 1,418,823 1,486,386 1,734,117 2,229,579 2,837,646 3,468,234 4,459,158 5,202,351 10,404,702 15,607,053 and 31,214,106, with no remainder.

Since 31,214,106 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,214,106, 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).