Q: Is 37,497,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,497,108 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 37,497,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 33 38 44 57 66 76 114 132 209 228 418 627 836 1,254 2,508 14,951 29,902 44,853 59,804 89,706 164,461 179,412 284,069 328,922 493,383 568,138 657,844 852,207 986,766 1,136,276 1,704,414 1,973,532 3,124,759 3,408,828 6,249,518 9,374,277 12,499,036 18,748,554 and 37,497,108, with no remainder.

Since 37,497,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,497,108, 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).