Q: Is 31,747,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,747,584 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 31,747,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 352 384 512 528 704 768 1,056 1,408 1,536 1,879 2,112 2,816 3,758 4,224 5,632 5,637 7,516 8,448 11,274 15,032 16,896 20,669 22,548 30,064 41,338 45,096 60,128 62,007 82,676 90,192 120,256 124,014 165,352 180,384 240,512 248,028 330,704 360,768 481,024 496,056 661,408 721,536 962,048 992,112 1,322,816 1,443,072 1,984,224 2,645,632 2,886,144 3,968,448 5,291,264 7,936,896 10,582,528 15,873,792 and 31,747,584, with no remainder.

Since 31,747,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,747,584, 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).