Q: Is 31,344,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,344,624 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 31,344,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 53 54 72 74 106 108 111 144 148 159 212 216 222 296 318 333 424 432 444 477 592 636 666 848 888 954 999 1,272 1,332 1,369 1,431 1,776 1,908 1,961 1,998 2,544 2,664 2,738 2,862 3,816 3,922 3,996 4,107 5,328 5,476 5,724 5,883 7,632 7,844 7,992 8,214 10,952 11,448 11,766 12,321 15,688 15,984 16,428 17,649 21,904 22,896 23,532 24,642 31,376 32,856 35,298 36,963 47,064 49,284 52,947 65,712 70,596 72,557 73,926 94,128 98,568 105,894 141,192 145,114 147,852 197,136 211,788 217,671 282,384 290,228 295,704 423,576 435,342 580,456 591,408 653,013 847,152 870,684 1,160,912 1,306,026 1,741,368 1,959,039 2,612,052 3,482,736 3,918,078 5,224,104 7,836,156 10,448,208 15,672,312 and 31,344,624, with no remainder.

Since 31,344,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,344,624, 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).