Q: Is 36,678,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,678,744 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 36,678,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 81 92 107 108 138 162 184 207 214 216 276 321 324 414 428 529 552 621 642 648 828 856 963 1,058 1,242 1,284 1,587 1,656 1,863 1,926 2,116 2,461 2,484 2,568 2,889 3,174 3,726 3,852 4,232 4,761 4,922 4,968 5,778 6,348 7,383 7,452 7,704 8,667 9,522 9,844 11,556 12,696 14,283 14,766 14,904 17,334 19,044 19,688 22,149 23,112 28,566 29,532 34,668 38,088 42,849 44,298 56,603 57,132 59,064 66,447 69,336 85,698 88,596 113,206 114,264 132,894 169,809 171,396 177,192 199,341 226,412 265,788 339,618 342,792 398,682 452,824 509,427 531,576 679,236 797,364 1,018,854 1,358,472 1,528,281 1,594,728 2,037,708 3,056,562 4,075,416 4,584,843 6,113,124 9,169,686 12,226,248 18,339,372 and 36,678,744, with no remainder.

Since 36,678,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,678,744, 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).