Q: Is 38,533,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,533,872 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 38,533,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 37 39 48 52 74 78 104 111 148 156 208 222 296 312 444 481 592 624 888 962 1,443 1,669 1,776 1,924 2,886 3,338 3,848 5,007 5,772 6,676 7,696 10,014 11,544 13,352 20,028 21,697 23,088 26,704 40,056 43,394 61,753 65,091 80,112 86,788 123,506 130,182 173,576 185,259 247,012 260,364 347,152 370,518 494,024 520,728 741,036 802,789 988,048 1,041,456 1,482,072 1,605,578 2,408,367 2,964,144 3,211,156 4,816,734 6,422,312 9,633,468 12,844,624 19,266,936 and 38,533,872, with no remainder.

Since 38,533,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,533,872, 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).