Q: Is 401,242,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 401,242,464 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 401,242,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 96 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 224 252 288 336 378 432 504 672 756 864 1,008 1,512 2,016 3,024 6,048 66,343 132,686 199,029 265,372 398,058 464,401 530,744 597,087 796,116 928,802 1,061,488 1,194,174 1,393,203 1,592,232 1,791,261 1,857,604 2,122,976 2,388,348 2,786,406 3,184,464 3,582,522 3,715,208 4,179,609 4,776,696 5,572,812 6,368,928 7,165,044 7,430,416 8,359,218 9,553,392 11,145,624 12,538,827 14,330,088 14,860,832 16,718,436 19,106,784 22,291,248 25,077,654 28,660,176 33,436,872 44,582,496 50,155,308 57,320,352 66,873,744 100,310,616 133,747,488 200,621,232 and 401,242,464, with no remainder.

Since 401,242,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 401,242,464, 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).