Q: Is 425,742,174 a Composite Number?

Why is 425,742,174 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 425,742,174 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 66 78 99 117 143 193 198 234 286 386 429 579 857 858 1,158 1,287 1,714 1,737 2,123 2,509 2,571 2,574 3,474 4,246 5,018 5,142 6,369 7,527 7,713 9,427 11,141 12,738 15,054 15,426 18,854 19,107 22,282 22,581 27,599 28,281 33,423 38,214 45,162 55,198 56,562 66,846 82,797 84,843 100,269 122,551 165,401 165,594 169,686 200,538 245,102 248,391 330,802 367,653 496,203 496,782 735,306 992,406 1,102,959 1,488,609 1,819,411 2,150,213 2,205,918 2,977,218 3,638,822 4,300,426 5,458,233 6,450,639 10,916,466 12,901,278 16,374,699 19,351,917 23,652,343 32,749,398 38,703,834 47,304,686 70,957,029 141,914,058 212,871,087 and 425,742,174, with no remainder.

Since 425,742,174 cannot be divided by just 1 and 425,742,174, 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).