Q: Is 33,232,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,232,248 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 33,232,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 54 56 62 63 72 84 93 108 124 126 168 186 189 216 217 248 252 279 372 378 434 504 558 651 709 744 756 837 868 1,116 1,302 1,418 1,512 1,674 1,736 1,953 2,127 2,232 2,604 2,836 3,348 3,906 4,254 4,963 5,208 5,672 5,859 6,381 6,696 7,812 8,508 9,926 11,718 12,762 14,889 15,624 17,016 19,143 19,852 21,979 23,436 25,524 29,778 38,286 39,704 43,958 44,667 46,872 51,048 59,556 65,937 76,572 87,916 89,334 119,112 131,874 134,001 153,144 153,853 175,832 178,668 197,811 263,748 268,002 307,706 357,336 395,622 461,559 527,496 536,004 593,433 615,412 791,244 923,118 1,072,008 1,186,866 1,230,824 1,384,677 1,582,488 1,846,236 2,373,732 2,769,354 3,692,472 4,154,031 4,747,464 5,538,708 8,308,062 11,077,416 16,616,124 and 33,232,248, with no remainder.

Since 33,232,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,232,248, 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).