Q: Is 426,236,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 426,236,400 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 426,236,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 100 120 144 150 180 200 225 240 300 360 400 450 600 720 900 1,200 1,800 3,600 118,399 236,798 355,197 473,596 591,995 710,394 947,192 1,065,591 1,183,990 1,420,788 1,775,985 1,894,384 2,131,182 2,367,980 2,841,576 2,959,975 3,551,970 4,262,364 4,735,960 5,327,955 5,683,152 5,919,950 7,103,940 8,524,728 8,879,925 9,471,920 10,655,910 11,839,900 14,207,880 17,049,456 17,759,850 21,311,820 23,679,800 26,639,775 28,415,760 35,519,700 42,623,640 47,359,600 53,279,550 71,039,400 85,247,280 106,559,100 142,078,800 213,118,200 and 426,236,400, with no remainder.

Since 426,236,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 426,236,400, 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).