Q: Is 37,726,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,726,236 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 37,726,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 37 54 74 81 108 111 148 162 222 243 324 333 444 486 666 972 999 1,049 1,332 1,998 2,098 2,997 3,147 3,996 4,196 5,994 6,294 8,991 9,441 11,988 12,588 17,982 18,882 28,323 35,964 37,764 38,813 56,646 77,626 84,969 113,292 116,439 155,252 169,938 232,878 254,907 339,876 349,317 465,756 509,814 698,634 1,019,628 1,047,951 1,397,268 2,095,902 3,143,853 4,191,804 6,287,706 9,431,559 12,575,412 18,863,118 and 37,726,236, with no remainder.

Since 37,726,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,726,236, 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).