Q: Is 31,532,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,532,600 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 31,532,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 88 100 110 121 200 220 242 275 440 484 550 605 968 1,100 1,210 1,303 2,200 2,420 2,606 3,025 4,840 5,212 6,050 6,515 10,424 12,100 13,030 14,333 24,200 26,060 28,666 32,575 52,120 57,332 65,150 71,665 114,664 130,300 143,330 157,663 260,600 286,660 315,326 358,325 573,320 630,652 716,650 788,315 1,261,304 1,433,300 1,576,630 2,866,600 3,153,260 3,941,575 6,306,520 7,883,150 15,766,300 and 31,532,600, with no remainder.

Since 31,532,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,532,600, 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).