Q: Is 32,796,738 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,796,738 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 32,796,738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 29 39 54 58 78 81 87 117 162 174 179 234 243 261 351 358 377 486 522 537 702 754 783 1,053 1,074 1,131 1,566 1,611 2,106 2,262 2,327 2,349 3,159 3,222 3,393 4,654 4,698 4,833 5,191 6,318 6,786 6,981 7,047 9,666 10,179 10,382 13,962 14,094 14,499 15,573 20,358 20,943 28,998 30,537 31,146 41,886 43,497 46,719 61,074 62,829 67,483 86,994 91,611 93,438 125,658 134,966 140,157 183,222 188,487 202,449 280,314 376,974 404,898 420,471 565,461 607,347 840,942 1,130,922 1,214,694 1,261,413 1,822,041 2,522,826 3,644,082 5,466,123 10,932,246 16,398,369 and 32,796,738, with no remainder.

Since 32,796,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,796,738, 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).