Q: Is 36,736,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,736,992 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 36,736,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 199 288 398 597 641 796 1,194 1,282 1,592 1,791 1,923 2,388 2,564 3,184 3,582 3,846 4,776 5,128 5,769 6,368 7,164 7,692 9,552 10,256 11,538 14,328 15,384 19,104 20,512 23,076 28,656 30,768 46,152 57,312 61,536 92,304 127,559 184,608 255,118 382,677 510,236 765,354 1,020,472 1,148,031 1,530,708 2,040,944 2,296,062 3,061,416 4,081,888 4,592,124 6,122,832 9,184,248 12,245,664 18,368,496 and 36,736,992, with no remainder.

Since 36,736,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,736,992, 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).