Q: Is 393,492,438 a Composite Number?

Why is 393,492,438 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 393,492,438 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 54 102 153 306 459 499 859 918 998 1,497 1,718 2,577 2,994 4,491 5,154 7,731 8,483 8,982 13,473 14,603 15,462 16,966 23,193 25,449 26,946 29,206 43,809 46,386 50,898 76,347 87,618 131,427 152,694 229,041 262,854 394,281 428,641 458,082 788,562 857,282 1,285,923 2,571,846 3,857,769 7,286,897 7,715,538 11,573,307 14,573,794 21,860,691 23,146,614 43,721,382 65,582,073 131,164,146 196,746,219 and 393,492,438, with no remainder.

Since 393,492,438 cannot be divided by just 1 and 393,492,438, 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).