Q: Is 33,236,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,236,224 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 33,236,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 56 64 68 112 119 128 136 224 238 256 272 448 476 544 896 952 1,088 1,091 1,792 1,904 2,176 2,182 3,808 4,352 4,364 7,616 7,637 8,728 15,232 15,274 17,456 18,547 30,464 30,548 34,912 37,094 61,096 69,824 74,188 122,192 129,829 139,648 148,376 244,384 259,658 279,296 296,752 488,768 519,316 593,504 977,536 1,038,632 1,187,008 1,955,072 2,077,264 2,374,016 4,154,528 4,748,032 8,309,056 16,618,112 and 33,236,224, with no remainder.

Since 33,236,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,236,224, 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).