Q: Is 37,031,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,031,688 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 37,031,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 173 216 346 519 692 991 1,038 1,384 1,557 1,982 2,076 2,973 3,114 3,964 4,152 4,671 5,946 6,228 7,928 8,919 9,342 11,892 12,456 17,838 18,684 23,784 26,757 35,676 37,368 53,514 71,352 107,028 171,443 214,056 342,886 514,329 685,772 1,028,658 1,371,544 1,542,987 2,057,316 3,085,974 4,114,632 4,628,961 6,171,948 9,257,922 12,343,896 18,515,844 and 37,031,688, with no remainder.

Since 37,031,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,031,688, 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).