Q: Is 214,424,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 214,424,424 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 214,424,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 41 57 72 76 82 114 123 152 164 171 228 246 328 342 369 456 492 684 738 779 984 1,368 1,476 1,558 2,337 2,952 3,116 3,823 4,674 6,232 7,011 7,646 9,348 11,469 14,022 15,292 18,696 22,938 28,044 30,584 34,407 45,876 56,088 68,814 72,637 91,752 137,628 145,274 156,743 217,911 275,256 290,548 313,486 435,822 470,229 581,096 626,972 653,733 871,644 940,458 1,253,944 1,307,466 1,410,687 1,743,288 1,880,916 2,614,932 2,821,374 2,978,117 3,761,832 5,229,864 5,642,748 5,956,234 8,934,351 11,285,496 11,912,468 17,868,702 23,824,936 26,803,053 35,737,404 53,606,106 71,474,808 107,212,212 and 214,424,424, with no remainder.

Since 214,424,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 214,424,424, 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).