Q: Is 33,575,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,575,542 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 33,575,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 22 26 31 62 77 91 143 154 182 217 286 341 403 434 541 682 806 1,001 1,082 2,002 2,387 2,821 3,787 4,433 4,774 5,642 5,951 7,033 7,574 8,866 11,902 14,066 16,771 31,031 33,542 41,657 49,231 62,062 77,363 83,314 98,462 117,397 154,726 184,481 218,023 234,794 368,962 436,046 541,541 1,083,082 1,291,367 1,526,161 2,398,253 2,582,734 3,052,322 4,796,506 16,787,771 and 33,575,542, with no remainder.

Since 33,575,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,575,542, 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).