Q: Is 32,121,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,121,216 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 32,121,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 288 384 576 1,152 27,883 55,766 83,649 111,532 167,298 223,064 250,947 334,596 446,128 501,894 669,192 892,256 1,003,788 1,338,384 1,784,512 2,007,576 2,676,768 3,569,024 4,015,152 5,353,536 8,030,304 10,707,072 16,060,608 and 32,121,216, with no remainder.

Since 32,121,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,121,216, 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).