Q: Is 38,214,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,214,072 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 38,214,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 31 36 39 52 54 62 72 78 93 104 108 117 124 156 186 216 234 248 279 312 351 372 403 439 468 558 702 744 806 837 878 936 1,116 1,209 1,317 1,404 1,612 1,674 1,756 2,232 2,418 2,634 2,808 3,224 3,348 3,512 3,627 3,951 4,836 5,268 5,707 6,696 7,254 7,902 9,672 10,536 10,881 11,414 11,853 13,609 14,508 15,804 17,121 21,762 22,828 23,706 27,218 29,016 31,608 34,242 40,827 43,524 45,656 47,412 51,363 54,436 68,484 81,654 87,048 94,824 102,726 108,872 122,481 136,968 154,089 163,308 176,917 205,452 244,962 308,178 326,616 353,834 367,443 410,904 489,924 530,751 616,356 707,668 734,886 979,848 1,061,502 1,232,712 1,415,336 1,469,772 1,592,253 2,123,004 2,939,544 3,184,506 4,246,008 4,776,759 6,369,012 9,553,518 12,738,024 19,107,036 and 38,214,072, with no remainder.

Since 38,214,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,214,072, 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).