Q: Is 31,332,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 31,332,312 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 31,332,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 198 216 264 297 396 594 792 1,188 2,376 13,187 26,374 39,561 52,748 79,122 105,496 118,683 145,057 158,244 237,366 290,114 316,488 356,049 435,171 474,732 580,228 712,098 870,342 949,464 1,160,456 1,305,513 1,424,196 1,740,684 2,611,026 2,848,392 3,481,368 3,916,539 5,222,052 7,833,078 10,444,104 15,666,156 and 31,332,312, with no remainder.

Since 31,332,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,332,312, 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).