Q: Is 32,721,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,721,624 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 32,721,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 43 52 54 72 78 86 104 108 117 129 156 172 216 234 258 271 312 344 351 387 468 516 542 559 702 774 813 936 1,032 1,084 1,118 1,161 1,404 1,548 1,626 1,677 2,168 2,236 2,322 2,439 2,808 3,096 3,252 3,354 3,523 4,472 4,644 4,878 5,031 6,504 6,708 7,046 7,317 9,288 9,756 10,062 10,569 11,653 13,416 14,092 14,634 15,093 19,512 20,124 21,138 23,306 28,184 29,268 30,186 31,707 34,959 40,248 42,276 46,612 58,536 60,372 63,414 69,918 84,552 93,224 95,121 104,877 120,744 126,828 139,836 151,489 190,242 209,754 253,656 279,672 302,978 314,631 380,484 419,508 454,467 605,956 629,262 760,968 839,016 908,934 1,211,912 1,258,524 1,363,401 1,817,868 2,517,048 2,726,802 3,635,736 4,090,203 5,453,604 8,180,406 10,907,208 16,360,812 and 32,721,624, with no remainder.

Since 32,721,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,721,624, 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).