Q: Is 32,709,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,709,960 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 32,709,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 31 36 40 45 54 60 62 72 90 93 108 120 124 135 155 180 186 216 248 270 279 310 360 372 465 540 558 620 744 837 930 977 1,080 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,674 1,860 1,954 2,232 2,790 2,931 3,348 3,720 3,908 4,185 4,885 5,580 5,862 6,696 7,816 8,370 8,793 9,770 11,160 11,724 14,655 16,740 17,586 19,540 23,448 26,379 29,310 30,287 33,480 35,172 39,080 43,965 52,758 58,620 60,574 70,344 87,930 90,861 105,516 117,240 121,148 131,895 151,435 175,860 181,722 211,032 242,296 263,790 272,583 302,870 351,720 363,444 454,305 527,580 545,166 605,740 726,888 817,749 908,610 1,055,160 1,090,332 1,211,480 1,362,915 1,635,498 1,817,220 2,180,664 2,725,830 3,270,996 3,634,440 4,088,745 5,451,660 6,541,992 8,177,490 10,903,320 16,354,980 and 32,709,960, with no remainder.

Since 32,709,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,709,960, 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).