Q: Is 420,344,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 420,344,208 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 420,344,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 216 432 601 1,202 1,619 1,803 2,404 3,238 3,606 4,808 4,857 5,409 6,476 7,212 9,616 9,714 10,818 12,952 14,424 14,571 16,227 19,428 21,636 25,904 28,848 29,142 32,454 38,856 43,272 43,713 58,284 64,908 77,712 86,544 87,426 116,568 129,816 174,852 233,136 259,632 349,704 699,408 973,019 1,946,038 2,919,057 3,892,076 5,838,114 7,784,152 8,757,171 11,676,228 15,568,304 17,514,342 23,352,456 26,271,513 35,028,684 46,704,912 52,543,026 70,057,368 105,086,052 140,114,736 210,172,104 and 420,344,208, with no remainder.

Since 420,344,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,344,208, 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).