Q: Is 422,431,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 422,431,152 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 422,431,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 429 528 572 624 858 1,144 1,716 2,288 3,432 6,864 61,543 123,086 184,629 246,172 369,258 492,344 676,973 738,516 800,059 984,688 1,353,946 1,477,032 1,600,118 2,030,919 2,400,177 2,707,892 2,954,064 3,200,236 4,061,838 4,800,354 5,415,784 6,400,472 8,123,676 8,800,649 9,600,708 10,831,568 12,800,944 16,247,352 17,601,298 19,201,416 26,401,947 32,494,704 35,202,596 38,402,832 52,803,894 70,405,192 105,607,788 140,810,384 211,215,576 and 422,431,152, with no remainder.

Since 422,431,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,431,152, 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).