Q: Is 214,041,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 214,041,408 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 214,041,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 84 96 98 112 147 168 192 196 224 294 336 392 448 588 672 784 1,176 1,344 1,568 2,352 3,136 4,704 9,408 22,751 45,502 68,253 91,004 136,506 159,257 182,008 273,012 318,514 364,016 477,771 546,024 637,028 728,032 955,542 1,092,048 1,114,799 1,274,056 1,456,064 1,911,084 2,184,096 2,229,598 2,548,112 3,344,397 3,822,168 4,368,192 4,459,196 5,096,224 6,688,794 7,644,336 8,918,392 10,192,448 13,377,588 15,288,672 17,836,784 26,755,176 30,577,344 35,673,568 53,510,352 71,347,136 107,020,704 and 214,041,408, with no remainder.

Since 214,041,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 214,041,408, 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).