Q: Is 32,296,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,296,704 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 32,296,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 352 384 528 704 768 1,056 1,408 2,112 2,816 3,823 4,224 7,646 8,448 11,469 15,292 22,938 30,584 42,053 45,876 61,168 84,106 91,752 122,336 126,159 168,212 183,504 244,672 252,318 336,424 367,008 489,344 504,636 672,848 734,016 978,688 1,009,272 1,345,696 1,468,032 2,018,544 2,691,392 2,936,064 4,037,088 5,382,784 8,074,176 10,765,568 16,148,352 and 32,296,704, with no remainder.

Since 32,296,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,296,704, 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).