Q: Is 31,324,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,324,132 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 31,324,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 28 34 49 68 79 98 119 158 196 238 289 316 343 476 553 578 686 833 1,106 1,156 1,343 1,372 1,666 2,023 2,212 2,686 3,332 3,871 4,046 5,372 5,831 7,742 8,092 9,401 11,662 14,161 15,484 18,802 22,831 23,324 27,097 28,322 37,604 45,662 54,194 56,644 65,807 91,324 99,127 108,388 131,614 159,817 198,254 263,228 319,634 396,508 460,649 639,268 921,298 1,118,719 1,842,596 2,237,438 4,474,876 7,831,033 15,662,066 and 31,324,132, with no remainder.

Since 31,324,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,324,132, 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).