Q: Is 421,112,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 421,112,016 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 421,112,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 29 36 39 48 52 58 72 78 87 104 116 117 144 156 174 208 232 234 261 312 348 377 464 468 522 624 696 754 936 1,044 1,131 1,392 1,508 1,872 2,088 2,262 3,016 3,393 4,176 4,524 6,032 6,786 7,757 9,048 13,572 15,514 18,096 23,271 27,144 31,028 46,542 54,288 62,056 69,813 93,084 100,841 124,112 139,626 186,168 201,682 224,953 279,252 302,523 372,336 403,364 449,906 558,504 605,046 674,859 806,728 899,812 907,569 1,117,008 1,210,092 1,349,718 1,613,456 1,799,624 1,815,138 2,024,577 2,420,184 2,699,436 2,924,389 3,599,248 3,630,276 4,049,154 4,840,368 5,398,872 5,848,778 7,260,552 8,098,308 8,773,167 10,797,744 11,697,556 14,521,104 16,196,616 17,546,334 23,395,112 26,319,501 32,393,232 35,092,668 46,790,224 52,639,002 70,185,336 105,278,004 140,370,672 210,556,008 and 421,112,016, with no remainder.

Since 421,112,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 421,112,016, 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).