Q: Is 408,120,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 408,120,516 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 408,120,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 73 97 146 194 219 291 292 388 438 582 657 873 876 1,164 1,314 1,601 1,746 2,628 3,202 3,492 4,803 6,404 7,081 9,606 14,162 14,409 19,212 21,243 28,324 28,818 42,486 57,636 63,729 84,972 116,873 127,458 155,297 233,746 254,916 310,594 350,619 465,891 467,492 621,188 701,238 931,782 1,051,857 1,397,673 1,402,476 1,863,564 2,103,714 2,795,346 4,207,428 5,590,692 11,336,681 22,673,362 34,010,043 45,346,724 68,020,086 102,030,129 136,040,172 204,060,258 and 408,120,516, with no remainder.

Since 408,120,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 408,120,516, 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).