Q: Is 417,476,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 417,476,040 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 417,476,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 131 262 393 524 655 786 1,048 1,310 1,572 1,965 2,620 3,144 3,930 5,240 7,860 15,720 26,557 53,114 79,671 106,228 132,785 159,342 212,456 265,570 318,684 398,355 531,140 637,368 796,710 1,062,280 1,593,420 3,186,840 3,478,967 6,957,934 10,436,901 13,915,868 17,394,835 20,873,802 27,831,736 34,789,670 41,747,604 52,184,505 69,579,340 83,495,208 104,369,010 139,158,680 208,738,020 and 417,476,040, with no remainder.

Since 417,476,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 417,476,040, 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).