Q: Is 36,674,022 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,674,022 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 36,674,022 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 77 154 163 231 326 462 487 489 974 978 1,141 1,461 1,793 2,282 2,922 3,409 3,423 3,586 5,357 5,379 6,818 6,846 10,227 10,714 10,758 12,551 16,071 20,454 25,102 32,142 37,499 37,653 74,998 75,306 79,381 112,497 158,762 224,994 238,143 476,286 555,667 873,191 1,111,334 1,667,001 1,746,382 2,619,573 3,334,002 5,239,146 6,112,337 12,224,674 18,337,011 and 36,674,022, with no remainder.

Since 36,674,022 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,674,022, 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).