Q: Is 38,273,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,273,472 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 38,273,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 54 64 69 72 81 92 96 107 108 138 144 162 184 192 207 214 216 243 276 288 321 324 368 414 428 432 486 552 576 621 642 648 736 828 856 864 963 972 1,104 1,242 1,284 1,296 1,472 1,656 1,712 1,728 1,863 1,926 1,944 2,208 2,461 2,484 2,568 2,592 2,889 3,312 3,424 3,726 3,852 3,888 4,416 4,922 4,968 5,136 5,184 5,589 5,778 6,624 6,848 7,383 7,452 7,704 7,776 8,667 9,844 9,936 10,272 11,178 11,556 13,248 14,766 14,904 15,408 15,552 17,334 19,688 19,872 20,544 22,149 22,356 23,112 26,001 29,532 29,808 30,816 34,668 39,376 39,744 44,298 44,712 46,224 52,002 59,064 59,616 61,632 66,447 69,336 78,752 88,596 89,424 92,448 104,004 118,128 119,232 132,894 138,672 157,504 177,192 178,848 184,896 199,341 208,008 236,256 265,788 277,344 354,384 357,696 398,682 416,016 472,512 531,576 554,688 598,023 708,768 797,364 832,032 1,063,152 1,196,046 1,417,536 1,594,728 1,664,064 2,126,304 2,392,092 3,189,456 4,252,608 4,784,184 6,378,912 9,568,368 12,757,824 19,136,736 and 38,273,472, with no remainder.

Since 38,273,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,273,472, 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).