Q: Is 420,135,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 420,135,552 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 420,135,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 64 68 72 96 102 108 128 136 144 153 192 204 216 272 288 306 384 408 432 459 544 576 612 816 864 918 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,632 1,728 1,836 2,176 2,448 3,264 3,456 3,672 4,896 6,528 7,151 7,344 9,792 14,302 14,688 19,584 21,453 28,604 29,376 42,906 57,208 58,752 64,359 85,812 114,416 121,567 128,718 171,624 193,077 228,832 243,134 257,436 343,248 364,701 386,154 457,664 486,268 514,872 686,496 729,402 772,308 915,328 972,536 1,029,744 1,094,103 1,372,992 1,458,804 1,544,616 1,945,072 2,059,488 2,188,206 2,745,984 2,917,608 3,089,232 3,282,309 3,890,144 4,118,976 4,376,412 5,835,216 6,178,464 6,564,618 7,780,288 8,237,952 8,752,824 11,670,432 12,356,928 13,129,236 15,560,576 17,505,648 23,340,864 24,713,856 26,258,472 35,011,296 46,681,728 52,516,944 70,022,592 105,033,888 140,045,184 210,067,776 and 420,135,552, with no remainder.

Since 420,135,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,135,552, 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).