Q: Is 31,998,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,998,912 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 31,998,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 109 132 139 176 192 218 264 278 327 352 417 436 528 556 654 704 834 872 1,056 1,112 1,199 1,308 1,529 1,668 1,744 2,112 2,224 2,398 2,616 3,058 3,336 3,488 3,597 4,448 4,587 4,796 5,232 6,116 6,672 6,976 7,194 8,896 9,174 9,592 10,464 12,232 13,344 14,388 15,151 18,348 19,184 20,928 24,464 26,688 28,776 30,302 36,696 38,368 45,453 48,928 57,552 60,604 73,392 76,736 90,906 97,856 115,104 121,208 146,784 166,661 181,812 230,208 242,416 293,568 333,322 363,624 484,832 499,983 666,644 727,248 969,664 999,966 1,333,288 1,454,496 1,999,932 2,666,576 2,908,992 3,999,864 5,333,152 7,999,728 10,666,304 15,999,456 and 31,998,912, with no remainder.

Since 31,998,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,998,912, 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).