Q: Is 421,224,246 a Composite Number?

Why is 421,224,246 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 421,224,246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 47 54 58 59 87 94 97 118 141 174 177 194 261 282 291 354 423 522 531 582 783 846 873 1,062 1,269 1,363 1,566 1,593 1,711 1,746 2,538 2,619 2,726 2,773 2,813 3,186 3,422 4,089 4,559 5,133 5,238 5,546 5,626 5,723 8,178 8,319 8,439 9,118 10,266 11,446 12,267 13,677 15,399 16,638 16,878 17,169 24,534 24,957 25,317 27,354 30,798 34,338 36,801 41,031 46,197 49,914 50,634 51,507 73,602 74,871 75,951 80,417 82,062 92,394 103,014 123,093 132,211 149,742 151,902 154,521 160,834 165,967 241,251 246,186 264,422 268,981 309,042 331,934 396,633 482,502 497,901 537,962 723,753 793,266 806,943 995,802 1,189,899 1,447,506 1,493,703 1,613,886 2,171,259 2,379,798 2,420,829 2,987,406 3,569,697 4,342,518 4,481,109 4,841,658 7,139,394 7,262,487 7,800,449 8,962,218 14,524,974 15,600,898 23,401,347 46,802,694 70,204,041 140,408,082 210,612,123 and 421,224,246, with no remainder.

Since 421,224,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 421,224,246, 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).