Q: Is 224,423,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 224,423,424 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 224,423,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 113 128 144 192 226 256 288 339 384 431 452 512 576 678 768 862 904 1,017 1,152 1,293 1,356 1,536 1,724 1,808 2,034 2,304 2,586 2,712 3,448 3,616 3,879 4,068 4,608 5,172 5,424 6,896 7,232 7,758 8,136 10,344 10,848 13,792 14,464 15,516 16,272 20,688 21,696 27,584 28,928 31,032 32,544 41,376 43,392 48,703 55,168 57,856 62,064 65,088 82,752 86,784 97,406 110,336 124,128 130,176 146,109 165,504 173,568 194,812 220,672 248,256 260,352 292,218 331,008 389,624 438,327 496,512 520,704 584,436 662,016 779,248 876,654 993,024 1,168,872 1,558,496 1,753,308 1,986,048 2,337,744 3,116,992 3,506,616 4,675,488 6,233,984 7,013,232 9,350,976 12,467,968 14,026,464 18,701,952 24,935,936 28,052,928 37,403,904 56,105,856 74,807,808 112,211,712 and 224,423,424, with no remainder.

Since 224,423,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 224,423,424, 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).