Q: Is 33,855,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,855,792 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 33,855,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 43 47 48 86 94 129 141 172 188 258 282 344 349 376 516 564 688 698 752 1,032 1,047 1,128 1,396 2,021 2,064 2,094 2,256 2,792 4,042 4,188 5,584 6,063 8,084 8,376 12,126 15,007 16,168 16,403 16,752 24,252 30,014 32,336 32,806 45,021 48,504 49,209 60,028 65,612 90,042 97,008 98,418 120,056 131,224 180,084 196,836 240,112 262,448 360,168 393,672 705,329 720,336 787,344 1,410,658 2,115,987 2,821,316 4,231,974 5,642,632 8,463,948 11,285,264 16,927,896 and 33,855,792, with no remainder.

Since 33,855,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,855,792, 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).