Q: Is 353,704,722 a Composite Number?

Why is 353,704,722 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 353,704,722 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 38 42 53 57 106 114 133 159 266 318 371 399 742 798 1,007 1,113 2,014 2,226 3,021 6,042 7,049 8,363 14,098 16,726 21,147 25,089 42,294 50,178 58,541 117,082 158,897 175,623 317,794 351,246 443,239 476,691 886,478 953,382 1,112,279 1,329,717 2,224,558 2,659,434 3,102,673 3,336,837 6,205,346 6,673,674 8,421,541 9,308,019 16,843,082 18,616,038 25,264,623 50,529,246 58,950,787 117,901,574 176,852,361 and 353,704,722, with no remainder.

Since 353,704,722 cannot be divided by just 1 and 353,704,722, 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).