Q: Is 37,438,038 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,438,038 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 37,438,038 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 47 54 66 81 94 99 141 149 162 198 243 282 297 298 423 447 486 517 594 846 891 894 1,034 1,269 1,341 1,551 1,639 1,782 2,538 2,673 2,682 3,102 3,278 3,807 4,023 4,653 4,917 5,346 7,003 7,614 8,046 9,306 9,834 11,421 12,069 13,959 14,006 14,751 21,009 22,842 24,138 27,918 29,502 36,207 41,877 42,018 44,253 63,027 72,414 77,033 83,754 88,506 125,631 126,054 132,759 154,066 189,081 231,099 251,262 265,518 378,162 398,277 462,198 567,243 693,297 796,554 1,134,486 1,386,594 1,701,729 2,079,891 3,403,458 4,159,782 6,239,673 12,479,346 18,719,019 and 37,438,038, with no remainder.

Since 37,438,038 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,438,038, 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).