Q: Is 35,218,836 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,218,836 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 35,218,836 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 82 107 123 164 214 223 246 321 369 428 446 492 642 669 738 892 963 1,284 1,338 1,476 1,926 2,007 2,676 3,852 4,014 4,387 8,028 8,774 9,143 13,161 17,548 18,286 23,861 26,322 27,429 36,572 39,483 47,722 52,644 54,858 71,583 78,966 82,287 95,444 109,716 143,166 157,932 164,574 214,749 286,332 329,148 429,498 858,996 978,301 1,956,602 2,934,903 3,913,204 5,869,806 8,804,709 11,739,612 17,609,418 and 35,218,836, with no remainder.

Since 35,218,836 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,218,836, 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).