Q: Is 331,324,644 a Composite Number?

Why is 331,324,644 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 331,324,644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 107 191 193 214 321 382 386 428 573 579 642 749 764 772 1,146 1,158 1,284 1,337 1,351 1,498 2,247 2,292 2,316 2,674 2,702 2,996 4,011 4,053 4,494 5,348 5,404 8,022 8,106 8,988 16,044 16,212 20,437 20,651 36,863 40,874 41,302 61,311 61,953 73,726 81,748 82,604 110,589 122,622 123,906 143,059 144,557 147,452 221,178 245,244 247,812 258,041 286,118 289,114 429,177 433,671 442,356 516,082 572,236 578,228 774,123 858,354 867,342 1,032,164 1,548,246 1,716,708 1,734,684 3,096,492 3,944,341 7,888,682 11,833,023 15,777,364 23,666,046 27,610,387 47,332,092 55,220,774 82,831,161 110,441,548 165,662,322 and 331,324,644, with no remainder.

Since 331,324,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 331,324,644, 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).