Q: Is 206,420,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 206,420,004 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 206,420,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 71 83 84 126 139 142 166 213 249 252 278 284 332 417 426 497 498 556 581 639 747 834 852 973 994 996 1,162 1,251 1,278 1,491 1,494 1,668 1,743 1,946 1,988 2,324 2,502 2,556 2,919 2,982 2,988 3,486 3,892 4,473 5,004 5,229 5,838 5,893 5,964 6,972 8,757 8,946 9,869 10,458 11,537 11,676 11,786 17,514 17,679 17,892 19,738 20,916 23,074 23,572 29,607 34,611 35,028 35,358 39,476 41,251 46,148 53,037 59,214 69,083 69,222 70,716 80,759 82,502 88,821 103,833 106,074 118,428 123,753 138,166 138,444 161,518 165,004 177,642 207,249 207,666 212,148 242,277 247,506 276,332 323,036 355,284 371,259 414,498 415,332 484,554 495,012 621,747 726,831 742,518 819,127 828,996 969,108 1,243,494 1,453,662 1,485,036 1,638,254 2,457,381 2,486,988 2,907,324 3,276,508 4,914,762 5,733,889 7,372,143 9,829,524 11,467,778 14,744,286 17,201,667 22,935,556 29,488,572 34,403,334 51,605,001 68,806,668 103,210,002 and 206,420,004, with no remainder.

Since 206,420,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 206,420,004, 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).