Q: Is 36,677,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,677,952 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 36,677,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 64 72 74 96 111 144 148 192 222 288 296 333 444 576 592 666 888 1,184 1,332 1,721 1,776 2,368 2,664 3,442 3,552 5,163 5,328 6,884 7,104 10,326 10,656 13,768 15,489 20,652 21,312 27,536 30,978 41,304 55,072 61,956 63,677 82,608 110,144 123,912 127,354 165,216 191,031 247,824 254,708 330,432 382,062 495,648 509,416 573,093 764,124 991,296 1,018,832 1,146,186 1,528,248 2,037,664 2,292,372 3,056,496 4,075,328 4,584,744 6,112,992 9,169,488 12,225,984 18,338,976 and 36,677,952, with no remainder.

Since 36,677,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,677,952, 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).