Q: Is 368,423,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 368,423,748 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 368,423,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 49 54 63 66 77 84 98 99 108 126 132 147 154 189 196 198 231 252 294 297 308 378 396 441 462 539 588 594 693 756 882 924 1,078 1,188 1,323 1,386 1,617 1,764 2,079 2,156 2,646 2,772 3,234 4,158 4,851 5,292 6,329 6,468 8,316 9,702 12,658 14,553 18,987 19,404 25,316 29,106 37,974 44,303 56,961 58,212 69,619 75,948 88,606 113,922 132,909 139,238 170,883 177,212 208,857 227,844 265,818 278,476 310,121 341,766 398,727 417,714 487,333 531,636 620,242 626,571 683,532 797,454 835,428 930,363 974,666 1,196,181 1,240,484 1,253,142 1,461,999 1,594,908 1,860,726 1,879,713 1,949,332 2,392,362 2,506,284 2,791,089 2,923,998 3,411,331 3,721,452 3,759,426 4,385,997 4,784,724 5,582,178 5,847,996 6,822,662 7,518,852 8,373,267 8,771,994 10,233,993 11,164,356 13,157,991 13,645,324 16,746,534 17,543,988 20,467,986 26,315,982 30,701,979 33,493,068 40,935,972 52,631,964 61,403,958 92,105,937 122,807,916 184,211,874 and 368,423,748, with no remainder.

Since 368,423,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 368,423,748, 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).