Q: Is 39,588,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 39,588,744 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 39,588,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 156 223 312 446 569 669 892 1,138 1,338 1,707 1,784 2,276 2,676 2,899 3,414 4,552 5,352 5,798 6,828 7,397 8,697 11,596 13,656 14,794 17,394 22,191 23,192 29,588 34,788 44,382 59,176 69,576 88,764 126,887 177,528 253,774 380,661 507,548 761,322 1,015,096 1,522,644 1,649,531 3,045,288 3,299,062 4,948,593 6,598,124 9,897,186 13,196,248 19,794,372 and 39,588,744, with no remainder.

Since 39,588,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 39,588,744, 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).