Q: Is 355,425,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 355,425,504 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 355,425,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 224 239 336 478 672 717 956 1,434 1,673 1,912 2,213 2,868 3,346 3,824 4,426 5,019 5,736 6,639 6,692 7,648 8,852 10,038 11,472 13,278 13,384 15,491 17,704 20,076 22,944 26,556 26,768 30,982 35,408 40,152 46,473 53,112 53,536 61,964 70,816 80,304 92,946 106,224 123,928 160,608 185,892 212,448 247,856 371,784 495,712 528,907 743,568 1,057,814 1,487,136 1,586,721 2,115,628 3,173,442 3,702,349 4,231,256 6,346,884 7,404,698 8,462,512 11,107,047 12,693,768 14,809,396 16,925,024 22,214,094 25,387,536 29,618,792 44,428,188 50,775,072 59,237,584 88,856,376 118,475,168 177,712,752 and 355,425,504, with no remainder.

Since 355,425,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 355,425,504, 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).