Q: Is 37,153,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,153,728 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 37,153,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 243 288 324 432 486 576 648 864 972 1,296 1,728 1,944 2,389 2,592 3,888 4,778 5,184 7,167 7,776 9,556 14,334 15,552 19,112 21,501 28,668 38,224 43,002 57,336 64,503 76,448 86,004 114,672 129,006 152,896 172,008 193,509 229,344 258,012 344,016 387,018 458,688 516,024 580,527 688,032 774,036 1,032,048 1,161,054 1,376,064 1,548,072 2,064,096 2,322,108 3,096,144 4,128,192 4,644,216 6,192,288 9,288,432 12,384,576 18,576,864 and 37,153,728, with no remainder.

Since 37,153,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,153,728, 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).