Q: Is 400,306,662 a Composite Number?

Why is 400,306,662 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 400,306,662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 42 58 63 71 87 126 142 174 203 213 261 406 426 497 522 609 639 994 1,218 1,278 1,491 1,543 1,827 2,059 2,982 3,086 3,654 4,118 4,473 4,629 6,177 8,946 9,258 10,801 12,354 13,887 14,413 18,531 21,602 27,774 28,826 32,403 37,062 43,239 44,747 64,806 86,478 89,494 97,209 109,553 129,717 134,241 194,418 219,106 259,434 268,482 313,229 328,659 402,723 626,458 657,318 766,871 805,446 939,687 985,977 1,533,742 1,879,374 1,971,954 2,300,613 2,819,061 3,177,037 4,601,226 5,638,122 6,354,074 6,901,839 9,531,111 13,803,678 19,062,222 22,239,259 28,593,333 44,478,518 57,186,666 66,717,777 133,435,554 200,153,331 and 400,306,662, with no remainder.

Since 400,306,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 400,306,662, 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).