Q: Is 35,037,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,037,522 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 35,037,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 39 54 78 81 117 127 131 162 234 254 262 351 381 393 702 762 786 1,053 1,143 1,179 1,651 1,703 2,106 2,286 2,358 3,302 3,406 3,429 3,537 4,953 5,109 6,858 7,074 9,906 10,218 10,287 10,611 14,859 15,327 16,637 20,574 21,222 29,718 30,654 33,274 44,577 45,981 49,911 89,154 91,962 99,822 133,731 137,943 149,733 216,281 267,462 275,886 299,466 432,562 449,199 648,843 898,398 1,297,686 1,347,597 1,946,529 2,695,194 3,893,058 5,839,587 11,679,174 17,518,761 and 35,037,522, with no remainder.

Since 35,037,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,037,522, 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).