Q: Is 38,915,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,915,424 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 38,915,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 73 96 108 144 146 216 219 288 292 432 438 584 617 657 864 876 1,168 1,234 1,314 1,752 1,851 1,971 2,336 2,468 2,628 3,504 3,702 3,942 4,936 5,256 5,553 7,008 7,404 7,884 9,872 10,512 11,106 14,808 15,768 16,659 19,744 21,024 22,212 29,616 31,536 33,318 44,424 45,041 59,232 63,072 66,636 88,848 90,082 133,272 135,123 177,696 180,164 266,544 270,246 360,328 405,369 533,088 540,492 720,656 810,738 1,080,984 1,216,107 1,441,312 1,621,476 2,161,968 2,432,214 3,242,952 4,323,936 4,864,428 6,485,904 9,728,856 12,971,808 19,457,712 and 38,915,424, with no remainder.

Since 38,915,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,915,424, 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).