Q: Is 424,515,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 424,515,224 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 424,515,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 29 49 56 58 98 107 116 196 203 214 232 349 392 406 428 698 749 812 856 1,396 1,421 1,498 1,624 2,443 2,792 2,842 2,996 3,103 4,886 5,243 5,684 5,992 6,206 9,772 10,121 10,486 11,368 12,412 17,101 19,544 20,242 20,972 21,721 24,824 34,202 37,343 40,484 41,944 43,442 68,404 70,847 74,686 80,968 86,884 136,808 141,694 149,372 152,047 173,768 261,401 283,388 298,744 304,094 495,929 522,802 566,776 608,188 991,858 1,045,604 1,082,947 1,216,376 1,829,807 1,983,716 2,091,208 2,165,894 3,659,614 3,967,432 4,331,788 7,319,228 7,580,629 8,663,576 14,638,456 15,161,258 30,322,516 53,064,403 60,645,032 106,128,806 212,257,612 and 424,515,224, with no remainder.

Since 424,515,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 424,515,224, 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).