Q: Is 38,261,972 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,261,972 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 38,261,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 19 23 28 38 46 53 59 76 92 106 118 133 161 212 236 266 322 371 413 437 532 644 742 826 874 1,007 1,121 1,219 1,357 1,484 1,652 1,748 2,014 2,242 2,438 2,714 3,059 3,127 4,028 4,484 4,876 5,428 6,118 6,254 7,049 7,847 8,533 9,499 12,236 12,508 14,098 15,694 17,066 18,998 21,889 23,161 25,783 28,196 31,388 34,132 37,996 43,778 46,322 51,566 59,413 71,921 87,556 92,644 103,132 118,826 143,842 162,127 180,481 237,652 287,684 324,254 360,962 415,891 503,447 648,508 721,924 831,782 1,006,894 1,366,499 1,663,564 2,013,788 2,732,998 5,465,996 9,565,493 19,130,986 and 38,261,972, with no remainder.

Since 38,261,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,261,972, 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).