Q: Is 31,840,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,840,560 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 31,840,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 108 120 135 144 180 216 240 270 360 432 540 720 1,080 2,160 14,741 29,482 44,223 58,964 73,705 88,446 117,928 132,669 147,410 176,892 221,115 235,856 265,338 294,820 353,784 398,007 442,230 530,676 589,640 663,345 707,568 796,014 884,460 1,061,352 1,179,280 1,326,690 1,592,028 1,768,920 1,990,035 2,122,704 2,653,380 3,184,056 3,537,840 3,980,070 5,306,760 6,368,112 7,960,140 10,613,520 15,920,280 and 31,840,560, with no remainder.

Since 31,840,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,840,560, 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).