Q: Is 424,424,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 424,424,016 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 424,424,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 199 216 398 432 597 796 1,194 1,592 1,791 2,388 3,184 3,582 4,776 4,937 5,373 7,164 9,552 9,874 10,746 14,328 14,811 19,748 21,492 28,656 29,622 39,496 42,984 44,433 59,244 78,992 85,968 88,866 118,488 133,299 177,732 236,976 266,598 355,464 533,196 710,928 982,463 1,066,392 1,964,926 2,132,784 2,947,389 3,929,852 5,894,778 7,859,704 8,842,167 11,789,556 15,719,408 17,684,334 23,579,112 26,526,501 35,368,668 47,158,224 53,053,002 70,737,336 106,106,004 141,474,672 212,212,008 and 424,424,016, with no remainder.

Since 424,424,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 424,424,016, 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).