Q: Is 37,266,669 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,266,669 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 37,266,669 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 17 27 33 51 61 99 121 153 183 187 297 363 459 549 561 671 1,037 1,089 1,331 1,647 1,683 2,013 2,057 3,111 3,267 3,993 5,049 6,039 6,171 7,381 9,333 11,407 11,979 18,117 18,513 22,143 22,627 27,999 34,221 35,937 55,539 66,429 67,881 81,191 102,663 125,477 199,287 203,643 243,573 307,989 376,431 610,929 730,719 1,129,293 1,380,247 2,192,157 3,387,879 4,140,741 12,422,223 and 37,266,669, with no remainder.

Since 37,266,669 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,266,669, 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).