Q: Is 31,372,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,372,416 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 31,372,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 113 128 144 192 226 241 288 339 384 452 482 576 678 723 904 964 1,017 1,152 1,356 1,446 1,808 1,928 2,034 2,169 2,712 2,892 3,616 3,856 4,068 4,338 5,424 5,784 7,232 7,712 8,136 8,676 10,848 11,568 14,464 15,424 16,272 17,352 21,696 23,136 27,233 30,848 32,544 34,704 43,392 46,272 54,466 65,088 69,408 81,699 92,544 108,932 130,176 138,816 163,398 217,864 245,097 277,632 326,796 435,728 490,194 653,592 871,456 980,388 1,307,184 1,742,912 1,960,776 2,614,368 3,485,824 3,921,552 5,228,736 7,843,104 10,457,472 15,686,208 and 31,372,416, with no remainder.

Since 31,372,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,372,416, 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).