Q: Is 33,971,994 a Composite Number?

Why is 33,971,994 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 33,971,994 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 37 42 49 54 63 74 98 111 126 147 189 222 259 294 333 347 378 441 518 666 694 777 882 999 1,041 1,323 1,554 1,813 1,998 2,082 2,331 2,429 2,646 3,123 3,626 4,662 4,858 5,439 6,246 6,993 7,287 9,369 10,878 12,839 13,986 14,574 16,317 17,003 18,738 21,861 25,678 32,634 34,006 38,517 43,722 48,951 51,009 65,583 77,034 89,873 97,902 102,018 115,551 131,166 153,027 179,746 231,102 269,619 306,054 346,653 459,081 539,238 629,111 693,306 808,857 918,162 1,258,222 1,617,714 1,887,333 2,426,571 3,774,666 4,853,142 5,661,999 11,323,998 16,985,997 and 33,971,994, with no remainder.

Since 33,971,994 cannot be divided by just 1 and 33,971,994, 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).