Q: Is 36,776,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,776,016 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 36,776,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 41 48 72 82 123 144 164 246 328 369 492 656 738 984 1,476 1,968 2,952 5,904 6,229 12,458 18,687 24,916 37,374 49,832 56,061 74,748 99,664 112,122 149,496 224,244 255,389 298,992 448,488 510,778 766,167 896,976 1,021,556 1,532,334 2,043,112 2,298,501 3,064,668 4,086,224 4,597,002 6,129,336 9,194,004 12,258,672 18,388,008 and 36,776,016, with no remainder.

Since 36,776,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,776,016, 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).