Q: Is 32,487,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,487,240 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 32,487,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 97 120 194 291 388 485 582 776 970 1,164 1,455 1,940 2,328 2,791 2,910 3,880 5,582 5,820 8,373 11,164 11,640 13,955 16,746 22,328 27,910 33,492 41,865 55,820 66,984 83,730 111,640 167,460 270,727 334,920 541,454 812,181 1,082,908 1,353,635 1,624,362 2,165,816 2,707,270 3,248,724 4,060,905 5,414,540 6,497,448 8,121,810 10,829,080 16,243,620 and 32,487,240, with no remainder.

Since 32,487,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,487,240, 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).