Q: Is 38,470,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,470,752 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 38,470,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 72 93 96 124 139 144 186 248 278 279 288 372 417 496 556 558 744 834 961 992 1,112 1,116 1,251 1,488 1,668 1,922 2,224 2,232 2,502 2,883 2,976 3,336 3,844 4,309 4,448 4,464 5,004 5,766 6,672 7,688 8,618 8,649 8,928 10,008 11,532 12,927 13,344 15,376 17,236 17,298 20,016 23,064 25,854 30,752 34,472 34,596 38,781 40,032 46,128 51,708 68,944 69,192 77,562 92,256 103,416 133,579 137,888 138,384 155,124 206,832 267,158 276,768 310,248 400,737 413,664 534,316 620,496 801,474 1,068,632 1,202,211 1,240,992 1,602,948 2,137,264 2,404,422 3,205,896 4,274,528 4,808,844 6,411,792 9,617,688 12,823,584 19,235,376 and 38,470,752, with no remainder.

Since 38,470,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,470,752, 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).