Q: Is 32,623,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,623,968 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 32,623,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 96 104 156 208 312 416 624 1,248 26,141 52,282 78,423 104,564 156,846 209,128 313,692 339,833 418,256 627,384 679,666 836,512 1,019,499 1,254,768 1,359,332 2,038,998 2,509,536 2,718,664 4,077,996 5,437,328 8,155,992 10,874,656 16,311,984 and 32,623,968, with no remainder.

Since 32,623,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,623,968, 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).