Q: Is 34,737,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 34,737,732 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 34,737,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 31 34 36 51 62 68 93 102 124 153 186 204 279 306 372 527 558 612 1,054 1,116 1,581 1,831 2,108 3,162 3,662 4,743 5,493 6,324 7,324 9,486 10,986 16,479 18,972 21,972 31,127 32,958 56,761 62,254 65,916 93,381 113,522 124,508 170,283 186,762 227,044 280,143 340,566 373,524 510,849 560,286 681,132 964,937 1,021,698 1,120,572 1,929,874 2,043,396 2,894,811 3,859,748 5,789,622 8,684,433 11,579,244 17,368,866 and 34,737,732, with no remainder.

Since 34,737,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 34,737,732, 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).