Q: Is 33,478,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,478,488 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 33,478,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 59 71 72 74 108 111 118 142 148 177 213 216 222 236 284 296 333 354 426 444 472 531 568 639 666 708 852 888 999 1,062 1,278 1,332 1,416 1,593 1,704 1,917 1,998 2,124 2,183 2,556 2,627 2,664 3,186 3,834 3,996 4,189 4,248 4,366 5,112 5,254 6,372 6,549 7,668 7,881 7,992 8,378 8,732 10,508 12,567 12,744 13,098 15,336 15,762 16,756 17,464 19,647 21,016 23,643 25,134 26,196 31,524 33,512 37,701 39,294 47,286 50,268 52,392 58,941 63,048 70,929 75,402 78,588 94,572 100,536 113,103 117,882 141,858 150,804 154,993 157,176 189,144 226,206 235,764 283,716 301,608 309,986 452,412 464,979 471,528 567,432 619,972 904,824 929,958 1,239,944 1,394,937 1,859,916 2,789,874 3,719,832 4,184,811 5,579,748 8,369,622 11,159,496 16,739,244 and 33,478,488, with no remainder.

Since 33,478,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,478,488, 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).