Q: Is 368,624,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 368,624,724 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 368,624,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 43 52 78 86 129 156 172 179 258 307 358 516 537 559 614 716 921 1,074 1,118 1,228 1,677 1,842 2,148 2,236 2,327 3,354 3,684 3,991 4,654 6,708 6,981 7,697 7,982 9,308 11,973 13,201 13,962 15,394 15,964 23,091 23,946 26,402 27,924 30,788 39,603 46,182 47,892 52,804 54,953 79,206 92,364 100,061 109,906 158,412 164,859 171,613 200,122 219,812 300,183 329,718 343,226 400,244 514,839 600,366 659,436 686,452 714,389 1,029,678 1,200,732 1,428,778 2,059,356 2,143,167 2,362,979 2,857,556 4,286,334 4,725,958 7,088,937 8,572,668 9,451,916 14,177,874 28,355,748 30,718,727 61,437,454 92,156,181 122,874,908 184,312,362 and 368,624,724, with no remainder.

Since 368,624,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 368,624,724, 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).