Q: Is 32,031,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,031,216 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 32,031,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 43 48 56 63 72 84 86 112 126 129 144 168 172 252 258 301 336 344 387 504 516 602 688 739 774 903 1,008 1,032 1,204 1,478 1,548 1,806 2,064 2,217 2,408 2,709 2,956 3,096 3,612 4,434 4,816 5,173 5,418 5,912 6,192 6,651 7,224 8,868 10,346 10,836 11,824 13,302 14,448 15,519 17,736 20,692 21,672 26,604 31,038 31,777 35,472 41,384 43,344 46,557 53,208 62,076 63,554 82,768 93,114 95,331 106,416 124,152 127,108 186,228 190,662 222,439 248,304 254,216 285,993 372,456 381,324 444,878 508,432 571,986 667,317 744,912 762,648 889,756 1,143,972 1,334,634 1,525,296 1,779,512 2,001,951 2,287,944 2,669,268 3,559,024 4,003,902 4,575,888 5,338,536 8,007,804 10,677,072 16,015,608 and 32,031,216, with no remainder.

Since 32,031,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,031,216, 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).