Q: Is 31,526,442 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,526,442 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 31,526,442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 37 54 62 74 93 111 186 222 279 333 509 558 666 837 999 1,018 1,147 1,527 1,674 1,998 2,294 3,054 3,441 4,581 6,882 9,162 10,323 13,743 15,779 18,833 20,646 27,486 30,969 31,558 37,666 47,337 56,499 61,938 94,674 112,998 142,011 169,497 284,022 338,994 426,033 508,491 583,823 852,066 1,016,982 1,167,646 1,751,469 3,502,938 5,254,407 10,508,814 15,763,221 and 31,526,442, with no remainder.

Since 31,526,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,526,442, 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).