Q: Is 423,420,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 423,420,000 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 423,420,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 125 150 160 200 240 250 300 375 400 480 500 600 625 750 800 1,000 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,875 2,000 2,400 2,500 3,000 3,750 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,057 7,500 10,000 12,000 14,114 15,000 20,000 21,171 28,228 30,000 35,285 42,342 56,456 60,000 70,570 84,684 105,855 112,912 141,140 169,368 176,425 211,710 225,824 282,280 338,736 352,850 423,420 529,275 564,560 677,472 705,700 846,840 882,125 1,058,550 1,129,120 1,411,400 1,693,680 1,764,250 2,117,100 2,646,375 2,822,800 3,387,360 3,528,500 4,234,200 4,410,625 5,292,750 5,645,600 7,057,000 8,468,400 8,821,250 10,585,500 13,231,875 14,114,000 16,936,800 17,642,500 21,171,000 26,463,750 28,228,000 35,285,000 42,342,000 52,927,500 70,570,000 84,684,000 105,855,000 141,140,000 211,710,000 and 423,420,000, with no remainder.

Since 423,420,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 423,420,000, 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).