Q: Is 36,901,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 36,901,968 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 36,901,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 41 48 51 68 82 102 123 136 164 204 246 272 328 408 492 656 697 816 984 1,103 1,394 1,968 2,091 2,206 2,788 3,309 4,182 4,412 5,576 6,618 8,364 8,824 11,152 13,236 16,728 17,648 18,751 26,472 33,456 37,502 45,223 52,944 56,253 75,004 90,446 112,506 135,669 150,008 180,892 225,012 271,338 300,016 361,784 450,024 542,676 723,568 768,791 900,048 1,085,352 1,537,582 2,170,704 2,306,373 3,075,164 4,612,746 6,150,328 9,225,492 12,300,656 18,450,984 and 36,901,968, with no remainder.

Since 36,901,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 36,901,968, 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).