Q: Is 37,738,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 37,738,512 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 37,738,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 29 36 42 48 56 58 63 72 84 87 112 116 126 144 168 174 203 232 252 261 336 348 406 464 504 522 609 696 812 1,008 1,044 1,218 1,291 1,392 1,624 1,827 2,088 2,436 2,582 3,248 3,654 3,873 4,176 4,872 5,164 7,308 7,746 9,037 9,744 10,328 11,619 14,616 15,492 18,074 20,656 23,238 27,111 29,232 30,984 36,148 37,439 46,476 54,222 61,968 72,296 74,878 81,333 92,952 108,444 112,317 144,592 149,756 162,666 185,904 216,888 224,634 262,073 299,512 325,332 336,951 433,776 449,268 524,146 599,024 650,664 673,902 786,219 898,536 1,048,292 1,301,328 1,347,804 1,572,438 1,797,072 2,096,584 2,358,657 2,695,608 3,144,876 4,193,168 4,717,314 5,391,216 6,289,752 9,434,628 12,579,504 18,869,256 and 37,738,512, with no remainder.

Since 37,738,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,738,512, 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).