Q: Is 402,301,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 402,301,224 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 402,301,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 29 36 39 52 58 72 78 87 104 116 117 156 174 232 234 261 312 348 377 468 522 696 754 936 1,044 1,131 1,508 2,088 2,262 3,016 3,393 4,524 6,786 9,048 13,572 14,821 27,144 29,642 44,463 59,284 88,926 118,568 133,389 177,852 192,673 266,778 355,704 385,346 429,809 533,556 578,019 770,692 859,618 1,067,112 1,156,038 1,289,427 1,541,384 1,719,236 1,734,057 2,312,076 2,578,854 3,438,472 3,468,114 3,868,281 4,624,152 5,157,708 5,587,517 6,936,228 7,736,562 10,315,416 11,175,034 13,872,456 15,473,124 16,762,551 22,350,068 30,946,248 33,525,102 44,700,136 50,287,653 67,050,204 100,575,306 134,100,408 201,150,612 and 402,301,224, with no remainder.

Since 402,301,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,301,224, 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).