Q: Is 35,622,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,622,072 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 35,622,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 89 102 108 109 136 153 178 204 216 218 267 306 327 356 408 436 459 534 612 654 712 801 872 918 981 1,068 1,224 1,308 1,513 1,602 1,836 1,853 1,962 2,136 2,403 2,616 2,943 3,026 3,204 3,672 3,706 3,924 4,539 4,806 5,559 5,886 6,052 6,408 7,412 7,848 9,078 9,612 9,701 11,118 11,772 12,104 13,617 14,824 16,677 18,156 19,224 19,402 22,236 23,544 27,234 29,103 33,354 36,312 38,804 40,851 44,472 50,031 54,468 58,206 66,708 77,608 81,702 87,309 100,062 108,936 116,412 133,416 163,404 164,917 174,618 200,124 232,824 261,927 326,808 329,834 349,236 400,248 494,751 523,854 659,668 698,472 989,502 1,047,708 1,319,336 1,484,253 1,979,004 2,095,416 2,968,506 3,958,008 4,452,759 5,937,012 8,905,518 11,874,024 17,811,036 and 35,622,072, with no remainder.

Since 35,622,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,622,072, 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).