Q: Is 264,471,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 264,471,424 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 264,471,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 98 112 128 149 196 224 283 298 392 448 566 596 784 896 1,043 1,132 1,192 1,568 1,981 2,086 2,264 2,384 3,136 3,962 4,172 4,528 4,768 6,272 7,301 7,924 8,344 9,056 9,536 13,867 14,602 15,848 16,688 18,112 19,072 27,734 29,204 31,696 33,376 36,224 42,167 55,468 58,408 63,392 66,752 84,334 110,936 116,816 126,784 133,504 168,668 221,872 233,632 253,568 295,169 337,336 443,744 467,264 590,338 674,672 887,488 934,528 1,180,676 1,349,344 1,774,976 2,066,183 2,361,352 2,698,688 4,132,366 4,722,704 5,397,376 8,264,732 9,445,408 16,529,464 18,890,816 33,058,928 37,781,632 66,117,856 132,235,712 and 264,471,424, with no remainder.

Since 264,471,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 264,471,424, 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).