Q: Is 38,488,338 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,488,338 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 38,488,338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 23 27 38 42 46 54 57 63 69 114 126 133 138 161 171 189 207 233 266 322 342 378 399 414 437 466 483 513 621 699 798 874 966 1,026 1,197 1,242 1,311 1,398 1,449 1,631 2,097 2,394 2,622 2,898 3,059 3,262 3,591 3,933 4,194 4,347 4,427 4,893 5,359 6,118 6,291 7,182 7,866 8,694 8,854 9,177 9,786 10,718 11,799 12,582 13,281 14,679 16,077 18,354 23,598 26,562 27,531 29,358 30,989 32,154 37,513 39,843 44,037 48,231 55,062 61,978 75,026 79,686 82,593 88,074 92,967 96,462 101,821 112,539 119,529 144,693 165,186 185,934 203,642 225,078 239,058 278,901 289,386 305,463 337,617 557,802 610,926 675,234 712,747 836,703 916,389 1,012,851 1,425,494 1,673,406 1,832,778 2,025,702 2,138,241 2,749,167 4,276,482 5,498,334 6,414,723 12,829,446 19,244,169 and 38,488,338, with no remainder.

Since 38,488,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,488,338, 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).