Q: Is 38,115,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,115,072 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 38,115,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 71 72 96 128 142 144 192 213 233 256 284 288 384 426 466 568 576 639 699 768 852 932 1,136 1,152 1,278 1,398 1,704 1,864 2,097 2,272 2,304 2,556 2,796 3,408 3,728 4,194 4,544 5,112 5,592 6,816 7,456 8,388 9,088 10,224 11,184 13,632 14,912 16,543 16,776 18,176 20,448 22,368 27,264 29,824 33,086 33,552 40,896 44,736 49,629 54,528 59,648 66,172 67,104 81,792 89,472 99,258 132,344 134,208 148,887 163,584 178,944 198,516 264,688 268,416 297,774 397,032 529,376 536,832 595,548 794,064 1,058,752 1,191,096 1,588,128 2,117,504 2,382,192 3,176,256 4,235,008 4,764,384 6,352,512 9,528,768 12,705,024 19,057,536 and 38,115,072, with no remainder.

Since 38,115,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,115,072, 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).