Q: Is 31,475,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,475,232 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 31,475,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 293 373 586 746 879 1,119 1,172 1,492 1,758 2,238 2,344 2,637 2,984 3,357 3,516 4,476 4,688 5,274 5,968 6,714 7,032 8,952 9,376 10,548 11,936 13,428 14,064 17,904 21,096 26,856 28,128 35,808 42,192 53,712 84,384 107,424 109,289 218,578 327,867 437,156 655,734 874,312 983,601 1,311,468 1,748,624 1,967,202 2,622,936 3,497,248 3,934,404 5,245,872 7,868,808 10,491,744 15,737,616 and 31,475,232, with no remainder.

Since 31,475,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,475,232, 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).