Q: Is 353,471,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 353,471,472 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 353,471,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 216 432 443 886 1,329 1,772 1,847 2,658 3,544 3,694 3,987 5,316 5,541 7,088 7,388 7,974 10,632 11,082 11,961 14,776 15,948 16,623 21,264 22,164 23,922 29,552 31,896 33,246 44,328 47,844 49,869 63,792 66,492 88,656 95,688 99,738 132,984 191,376 199,476 265,968 398,952 797,904 818,221 1,636,442 2,454,663 3,272,884 4,909,326 6,545,768 7,363,989 9,818,652 13,091,536 14,727,978 19,637,304 22,091,967 29,455,956 39,274,608 44,183,934 58,911,912 88,367,868 117,823,824 176,735,736 and 353,471,472, with no remainder.

Since 353,471,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 353,471,472, 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).