Q: Is 32,211,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,211,432 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 32,211,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 162 198 216 264 297 324 396 594 648 792 891 1,188 1,782 2,376 3,564 4,519 7,128 9,038 13,557 18,076 27,114 36,152 40,671 49,709 54,228 81,342 99,418 108,456 122,013 149,127 162,684 198,836 244,026 298,254 325,368 366,039 397,672 447,381 488,052 596,508 732,078 894,762 976,104 1,193,016 1,342,143 1,464,156 1,789,524 2,684,286 2,928,312 3,579,048 4,026,429 5,368,572 8,052,858 10,737,144 16,105,716 and 32,211,432, with no remainder.

Since 32,211,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,211,432, 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).