Q: Is 402,622,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 402,622,542 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 402,622,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 41 42 54 63 82 83 123 126 166 189 246 249 287 313 369 378 498 574 581 626 738 747 861 939 1,107 1,162 1,494 1,722 1,743 1,878 2,191 2,214 2,241 2,583 2,817 3,403 3,486 4,382 4,482 5,166 5,229 5,634 6,573 6,806 7,749 8,451 10,209 10,458 12,833 13,146 15,498 15,687 16,902 19,719 20,418 23,821 25,666 25,979 30,627 31,374 38,499 39,438 47,642 51,958 59,157 61,254 71,463 76,998 77,937 89,831 91,881 115,497 118,314 142,926 155,874 179,662 181,853 183,762 214,389 230,994 233,811 269,493 346,491 363,706 428,778 467,622 538,986 545,559 643,167 692,982 701,433 808,479 1,065,139 1,091,118 1,286,334 1,402,866 1,616,958 1,636,677 2,130,278 2,425,437 3,195,417 3,273,354 4,850,874 4,910,031 6,390,834 7,455,973 9,586,251 9,820,062 14,911,946 19,172,502 22,367,919 28,758,753 44,735,838 57,517,506 67,103,757 134,207,514 201,311,271 and 402,622,542, with no remainder.

Since 402,622,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,622,542, 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).