Q: Is 338,535,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 338,535,560 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 338,535,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 29 40 43 44 55 58 86 88 110 116 145 172 215 220 232 290 319 344 430 440 473 580 617 638 860 946 1,160 1,234 1,247 1,276 1,595 1,720 1,892 2,365 2,468 2,494 2,552 3,085 3,190 3,784 4,730 4,936 4,988 6,170 6,235 6,380 6,787 9,460 9,976 12,340 12,470 12,760 13,574 13,717 17,893 18,920 24,680 24,940 26,531 27,148 27,434 33,935 35,786 49,880 53,062 54,296 54,868 67,870 68,585 71,572 89,465 106,124 109,736 132,655 135,740 137,170 143,144 178,930 196,823 212,248 265,310 271,480 274,340 291,841 357,860 393,646 530,620 548,680 583,682 715,720 769,399 787,292 984,115 1,061,240 1,167,364 1,459,205 1,538,798 1,574,584 1,968,230 2,334,728 2,918,410 3,077,596 3,846,995 3,936,460 5,836,820 6,155,192 7,693,990 7,872,920 8,463,389 11,673,640 15,387,980 16,926,778 30,775,960 33,853,556 42,316,945 67,707,112 84,633,890 169,267,780 and 338,535,560, with no remainder.

Since 338,535,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 338,535,560, 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).