Q: Is 426,470,715 a Composite Number?

Why is 426,470,715 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 426,470,715 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 23 33 45 47 55 69 99 115 141 165 207 235 253 345 423 495 517 705 759 797 1,035 1,081 1,265 1,551 2,115 2,277 2,391 2,585 3,243 3,795 3,985 4,653 5,405 7,173 7,755 8,767 9,729 11,385 11,891 11,955 16,215 18,331 23,265 26,301 35,673 35,865 37,459 43,835 48,645 54,993 59,455 78,903 91,655 107,019 112,377 131,505 164,979 178,365 187,295 201,641 274,965 337,131 394,515 412,049 535,095 561,885 604,923 824,895 861,557 1,008,205 1,236,147 1,685,655 1,814,769 2,060,245 2,584,671 3,024,615 3,708,441 4,307,785 6,180,735 7,754,013 9,073,845 9,477,127 12,923,355 18,542,205 28,431,381 38,770,065 47,385,635 85,294,143 142,156,905 and 426,470,715, with no remainder.

Since 426,470,715 cannot be divided by just 1 and 426,470,715, 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).