Q: Is 35,719,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 35,719,248 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 35,719,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 47 48 71 94 141 142 188 213 223 282 284 376 426 446 564 568 669 752 852 892 1,128 1,136 1,338 1,704 1,784 2,256 2,676 3,337 3,408 3,568 5,352 6,674 10,011 10,481 10,704 13,348 15,833 20,022 20,962 26,696 31,443 31,666 40,044 41,924 47,499 53,392 62,886 63,332 80,088 83,848 94,998 125,772 126,664 160,176 167,696 189,996 251,544 253,328 379,992 503,088 744,151 759,984 1,488,302 2,232,453 2,976,604 4,464,906 5,953,208 8,929,812 11,906,416 17,859,624 and 35,719,248, with no remainder.

Since 35,719,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 35,719,248, 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).