Q: Is 38,274,084 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,274,084 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 38,274,084 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 58 61 87 116 122 174 183 244 261 348 366 522 549 601 732 1,044 1,098 1,202 1,769 1,803 2,196 2,404 3,538 3,606 5,307 5,409 7,076 7,212 10,614 10,818 15,921 17,429 21,228 21,636 31,842 34,858 36,661 52,287 63,684 69,716 73,322 104,574 109,983 146,644 156,861 209,148 219,966 313,722 329,949 439,932 627,444 659,898 1,063,169 1,319,796 2,126,338 3,189,507 4,252,676 6,379,014 9,568,521 12,758,028 19,137,042 and 38,274,084, with no remainder.

Since 38,274,084 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,274,084, 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).