Q: Is 33,143,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,143,520 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 33,143,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 80 87 96 116 120 145 160 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 480 580 696 870 928 1,160 1,392 1,740 2,320 2,381 2,784 3,480 4,640 4,762 6,960 7,143 9,524 11,905 13,920 14,286 19,048 23,810 28,572 35,715 38,096 47,620 57,144 69,049 71,430 76,192 95,240 114,288 138,098 142,860 190,480 207,147 228,576 276,196 285,720 345,245 380,960 414,294 552,392 571,440 690,490 828,588 1,035,735 1,104,784 1,142,880 1,380,980 1,657,176 2,071,470 2,209,568 2,761,960 3,314,352 4,142,940 5,523,920 6,628,704 8,285,880 11,047,840 16,571,760 and 33,143,520, with no remainder.

Since 33,143,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,143,520, 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).