Q: Is 35,278,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,278,432 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 35,278,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 98 112 149 151 196 224 298 302 392 596 604 784 1,043 1,057 1,192 1,208 1,568 2,086 2,114 2,384 2,416 4,172 4,228 4,768 4,832 7,301 7,399 8,344 8,456 14,602 14,798 16,688 16,912 22,499 29,204 29,596 33,376 33,824 44,998 58,408 59,192 89,996 116,816 118,384 157,493 179,992 233,632 236,768 314,986 359,984 629,972 719,968 1,102,451 1,259,944 2,204,902 2,519,888 4,409,804 5,039,776 8,819,608 17,639,216 and 35,278,432, with no remainder.

Since 35,278,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,278,432, 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).