Q: Is 31,401,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,401,216 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 31,401,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 27 28 32 33 36 42 44 48 54 56 59 63 64 66 72 77 84 88 96 99 108 112 118 126 128 132 144 154 168 176 177 189 192 198 216 224 231 236 252 256 264 288 297 308 336 352 354 378 384 396 413 432 448 462 472 504 528 531 576 594 616 649 672 693 704 708 756 768 792 826 864 896 924 944 1,008 1,056 1,062 1,152 1,188 1,232 1,239 1,298 1,344 1,386 1,408 1,416 1,512 1,584 1,593 1,652 1,728 1,792 1,848 1,888 1,947 2,016 2,079 2,112 2,124 2,304 2,376 2,464 2,478 2,596 2,688 2,772 2,816 2,832 3,024 3,168 3,186 3,304 3,456 3,696 3,717 3,776 3,894 4,032 4,158 4,224 4,248 4,543 4,752 4,928 4,956 5,192 5,376 5,544 5,664 5,841 6,048 6,336 6,372 6,608 6,912 7,392 7,434 7,552 7,788 8,064 8,316 8,448 8,496 9,086 9,504 9,856 9,912 10,384 11,088 11,151 11,328 11,682 12,096 12,672 12,744 13,216 13,629 14,784 14,868 15,104 15,576 16,128 16,632 16,992 17,523 18,172 19,008 19,712 19,824 20,768 22,176 22,302 22,656 23,364 24,192 25,344 25,488 26,432 27,258 29,568 29,736 31,152 33,264 33,984 35,046 36,344 38,016 39,648 40,887 41,536 44,352 44,604 45,312 46,728 48,384 50,976 52,864 54,516 59,136 59,472 62,304 66,528 67,968 70,092 72,688 76,032 79,296 81,774 83,072 88,704 89,208 93,456 101,952 105,728 109,032 118,944 122,661 124,608 133,056 135,936 140,184 145,376 158,592 163,548 166,144 177,408 178,416 186,912 203,904 218,064 237,888 245,322 249,216 266,112 280,368 290,752 317,184 327,096 356,832 373,824 407,808 436,128 475,776 490,644 498,432 532,224 560,736 581,504 654,192 713,664 747,648 872,256 951,552 981,288 1,121,472 1,163,008 1,308,384 1,427,328 1,495,296 1,744,512 1,962,576 2,242,944 2,616,768 2,854,656 3,489,024 3,925,152 4,485,888 5,233,536 7,850,304 10,467,072 15,700,608 and 31,401,216, with no remainder.

Since 31,401,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,401,216, 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).