Q: Is 420,021,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 420,021,224 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 420,021,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 107 191 214 367 382 428 734 749 764 856 1,337 1,468 1,498 1,528 2,569 2,674 2,936 2,996 5,138 5,348 5,992 10,276 10,696 20,437 20,552 39,269 40,874 70,097 78,538 81,748 140,194 143,059 157,076 163,496 274,883 280,388 286,118 314,152 490,679 549,766 560,776 572,236 981,358 1,099,532 1,144,472 1,962,716 2,199,064 3,925,432 7,500,379 15,000,758 30,001,516 52,502,653 60,003,032 105,005,306 210,010,612 and 420,021,224, with no remainder.

Since 420,021,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,021,224, 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).