Q: Is 372,874,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 372,874,008 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 372,874,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 41 52 78 82 103 104 123 156 164 206 246 283 309 312 328 412 492 533 566 618 824 849 984 1,066 1,132 1,236 1,339 1,599 1,698 2,132 2,264 2,472 2,678 3,198 3,396 3,679 4,017 4,223 4,264 5,356 6,396 6,792 7,358 8,034 8,446 10,712 11,037 11,603 12,669 12,792 14,716 16,068 16,892 22,074 23,206 25,338 29,149 29,432 32,136 33,784 34,809 44,148 46,412 50,676 54,899 58,298 69,618 87,447 88,296 92,824 101,352 109,798 116,596 139,236 150,839 164,697 174,894 219,596 233,192 278,472 301,678 329,394 349,788 378,937 439,192 452,517 603,356 658,788 699,576 757,874 905,034 1,136,811 1,195,109 1,206,712 1,317,576 1,515,748 1,810,068 2,273,622 2,390,218 3,031,496 3,585,327 3,620,136 4,547,244 4,780,436 7,170,654 9,094,488 9,560,872 14,341,308 15,536,417 28,682,616 31,072,834 46,609,251 62,145,668 93,218,502 124,291,336 186,437,004 and 372,874,008, with no remainder.

Since 372,874,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 372,874,008, 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).