Q: Is 421,023,564 a Composite Number?

Why is 421,023,564 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 421,023,564 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 442 468 612 663 884 1,326 1,989 2,652 3,978 7,956 52,919 105,838 158,757 211,676 317,514 476,271 635,028 687,947 899,623 952,542 1,375,894 1,799,246 1,905,084 2,063,841 2,698,869 2,751,788 3,598,492 4,127,682 5,397,738 6,191,523 8,096,607 8,255,364 10,795,476 11,695,099 12,383,046 16,193,214 23,390,198 24,766,092 32,386,428 35,085,297 46,780,396 70,170,594 105,255,891 140,341,188 210,511,782 and 421,023,564, with no remainder.

Since 421,023,564 cannot be divided by just 1 and 421,023,564, 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).