Q: Is 32,707,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,707,728 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 32,707,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 31 34 36 48 51 62 68 72 93 102 124 136 144 153 186 204 248 272 279 306 372 408 431 496 527 558 612 744 816 862 1,054 1,116 1,224 1,293 1,488 1,581 1,724 2,108 2,232 2,448 2,586 3,162 3,448 3,879 4,216 4,464 4,743 5,172 6,324 6,896 7,327 7,758 8,432 9,486 10,344 12,648 13,361 14,654 15,516 18,972 20,688 21,981 25,296 26,722 29,308 31,032 37,944 40,083 43,962 53,444 58,616 62,064 65,943 75,888 80,166 87,924 106,888 117,232 120,249 131,886 160,332 175,848 213,776 227,137 240,498 263,772 320,664 351,696 454,274 480,996 527,544 641,328 681,411 908,548 961,992 1,055,088 1,362,822 1,817,096 1,923,984 2,044,233 2,725,644 3,634,192 4,088,466 5,451,288 8,176,932 10,902,576 16,353,864 and 32,707,728, with no remainder.

Since 32,707,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,707,728, 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).