Q: Is 36,703,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,703,368 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 36,703,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 702 936 1,053 1,404 2,106 2,808 4,212 4,357 8,424 8,714 13,071 17,428 26,142 34,856 39,213 52,284 56,641 78,426 104,568 113,282 117,639 156,852 169,923 226,564 235,278 313,704 339,846 352,917 453,128 470,556 509,769 679,692 705,834 941,112 1,019,538 1,359,384 1,411,668 1,529,307 2,039,076 2,823,336 3,058,614 4,078,152 4,587,921 6,117,228 9,175,842 12,234,456 18,351,684 and 36,703,368, with no remainder.

Since 36,703,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,703,368, 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).