Q: Is 423,272,766 a Composite Number?

Why is 423,272,766 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 423,272,766 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 19 21 34 38 41 42 51 57 82 102 114 119 123 133 238 246 266 287 323 357 399 574 646 697 714 761 779 798 861 969 1,394 1,522 1,558 1,722 1,938 2,091 2,261 2,283 2,337 4,182 4,522 4,566 4,674 4,879 5,327 5,453 6,783 9,758 10,654 10,906 12,937 13,243 13,566 14,459 14,637 15,981 16,359 25,874 26,486 28,918 29,274 31,201 31,962 32,718 38,811 39,729 43,377 62,402 77,622 79,458 86,754 90,559 92,701 93,603 101,213 181,118 185,402 187,206 202,426 218,407 245,803 271,677 278,103 303,639 436,814 491,606 530,417 543,354 556,206 592,819 607,278 655,221 737,409 1,060,834 1,185,638 1,310,442 1,474,818 1,591,251 1,720,621 1,778,457 3,182,502 3,441,242 3,556,914 3,712,919 4,149,733 5,161,863 7,425,838 8,299,466 10,077,923 10,323,726 11,138,757 12,449,199 20,155,846 22,277,514 24,898,398 30,233,769 60,467,538 70,545,461 141,090,922 211,636,383 and 423,272,766, with no remainder.

Since 423,272,766 cannot be divided by just 1 and 423,272,766, 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).