Q: Is 37,471,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,471,812 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 37,471,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 61 71 84 103 122 142 183 206 213 244 284 309 366 412 426 427 497 618 721 732 852 854 994 1,236 1,281 1,442 1,491 1,708 1,988 2,163 2,562 2,884 2,982 4,326 4,331 5,124 5,964 6,283 7,313 8,652 8,662 12,566 12,993 14,626 17,324 18,849 21,939 25,132 25,986 29,252 30,317 37,698 43,878 43,981 51,191 51,972 60,634 75,396 87,756 87,962 90,951 102,382 121,268 131,943 153,573 175,924 181,902 204,764 263,886 307,146 363,804 446,093 527,772 614,292 892,186 1,338,279 1,784,372 2,676,558 3,122,651 5,353,116 6,245,302 9,367,953 12,490,604 18,735,906 and 37,471,812, with no remainder.

Since 37,471,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,471,812, 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).