Q: Is 32,895,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 32,895,480 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 32,895,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 467 587 934 1,174 1,401 1,761 1,868 2,335 2,348 2,802 2,935 3,522 3,736 4,670 4,696 5,604 5,870 7,005 7,044 8,805 9,340 11,208 11,740 14,010 14,088 17,610 18,680 23,480 28,020 35,220 56,040 70,440 274,129 548,258 822,387 1,096,516 1,370,645 1,644,774 2,193,032 2,741,290 3,289,548 4,111,935 5,482,580 6,579,096 8,223,870 10,965,160 16,447,740 and 32,895,480, with no remainder.

Since 32,895,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 32,895,480, 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).