Q: Is 31,326,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,326,336 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 31,326,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 71 72 96 128 142 144 192 213 284 288 383 384 426 568 576 639 766 852 1,136 1,149 1,152 1,278 1,532 1,704 2,272 2,298 2,556 3,064 3,408 3,447 4,544 4,596 5,112 6,128 6,816 6,894 9,088 9,192 10,224 12,256 13,632 13,788 18,384 20,448 24,512 27,193 27,264 27,576 36,768 40,896 49,024 54,386 55,152 73,536 81,579 81,792 108,772 110,304 147,072 163,158 217,544 220,608 244,737 326,316 435,088 441,216 489,474 652,632 870,176 978,948 1,305,264 1,740,352 1,957,896 2,610,528 3,480,704 3,915,792 5,221,056 7,831,584 10,442,112 15,663,168 and 31,326,336, with no remainder.

Since 31,326,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,326,336, 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).