Q: Is 420,057,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 420,057,216 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 420,057,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 89 96 102 128 136 144 153 178 192 204 241 267 272 288 306 356 384 408 482 534 544 576 612 712 723 801 816 964 1,068 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,424 1,446 1,513 1,602 1,632 1,928 2,136 2,169 2,176 2,448 2,848 2,892 3,026 3,204 3,264 3,856 4,097 4,272 4,338 4,539 4,896 5,696 5,784 6,052 6,408 6,528 7,712 8,194 8,544 8,676 9,078 9,792 11,392 11,568 12,104 12,291 12,816 13,617 15,424 16,388 17,088 17,352 18,156 19,584 21,449 23,136 24,208 24,582 25,632 27,234 30,848 32,776 34,176 34,704 36,312 36,873 42,898 46,272 48,416 49,164 51,264 54,468 64,347 65,552 69,408 72,624 73,746 85,796 92,544 96,832 98,328 102,528 108,936 128,694 131,104 138,816 145,248 147,492 171,592 193,041 193,664 196,656 217,872 257,388 262,208 277,632 290,496 294,984 343,184 364,633 386,082 393,312 435,744 514,776 524,416 580,992 589,968 686,368 729,266 772,164 786,624 871,488 1,029,552 1,093,899 1,179,936 1,372,736 1,458,532 1,544,328 1,573,248 1,742,976 2,059,104 2,187,798 2,359,872 2,745,472 2,917,064 3,088,656 3,281,697 4,118,208 4,375,596 4,719,744 5,834,128 6,177,312 6,563,394 8,236,416 8,751,192 11,668,256 12,354,624 13,126,788 17,502,384 23,336,512 24,709,248 26,253,576 35,004,768 46,673,024 52,507,152 70,009,536 105,014,304 140,019,072 210,028,608 and 420,057,216, with no remainder.

Since 420,057,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,057,216, 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).