Q: Is 31,242,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,242,464 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 31,242,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 23 32 34 44 46 68 88 92 136 176 184 187 227 253 272 352 368 374 391 454 506 544 736 748 782 908 1,012 1,496 1,564 1,816 2,024 2,497 2,992 3,128 3,632 3,859 4,048 4,301 4,994 5,221 5,984 6,256 7,264 7,718 8,096 8,602 9,988 10,442 12,512 15,436 17,204 19,976 20,884 30,872 34,408 39,952 41,768 42,449 57,431 61,744 68,816 79,904 83,536 84,898 88,757 114,862 123,488 137,632 167,072 169,796 177,514 229,724 339,592 355,028 459,448 679,184 710,056 918,896 976,327 1,358,368 1,420,112 1,837,792 1,952,654 2,840,224 3,905,308 7,810,616 15,621,232 and 31,242,464, with no remainder.

Since 31,242,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,242,464, 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).