Q: Is 37,477,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,477,272 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 37,477,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 56 57 59 76 84 114 118 133 152 168 177 199 228 236 266 354 398 399 413 456 472 532 597 708 796 798 826 1,064 1,121 1,194 1,239 1,393 1,416 1,592 1,596 1,652 2,242 2,388 2,478 2,786 3,192 3,304 3,363 3,781 4,179 4,484 4,776 4,956 5,572 6,726 7,562 7,847 8,358 8,968 9,912 11,144 11,343 11,741 13,452 15,124 15,694 16,716 22,686 23,482 23,541 26,467 26,904 30,248 31,388 33,432 35,223 45,372 46,964 47,082 52,934 62,776 70,446 79,401 82,187 90,744 93,928 94,164 105,868 140,892 158,802 164,374 188,328 211,736 223,079 246,561 281,784 317,604 328,748 446,158 493,122 635,208 657,496 669,237 892,316 986,244 1,338,474 1,561,553 1,784,632 1,972,488 2,676,948 3,123,106 4,684,659 5,353,896 6,246,212 9,369,318 12,492,424 18,738,636 and 37,477,272, with no remainder.

Since 37,477,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,477,272, 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).