Q: Is 427,313,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 427,313,152 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 427,313,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 56 64 82 112 128 164 224 256 287 328 448 512 574 656 727 896 1,024 1,148 1,312 1,454 1,792 2,048 2,296 2,624 2,908 3,584 4,592 5,089 5,248 5,816 7,168 9,184 10,178 10,496 11,632 14,336 18,368 20,356 20,992 23,264 29,807 36,736 40,712 41,984 46,528 59,614 73,472 81,424 83,968 93,056 119,228 146,944 162,848 186,112 208,649 238,456 293,888 325,696 372,224 417,298 476,912 587,776 651,392 744,448 834,596 953,824 1,302,784 1,488,896 1,669,192 1,907,648 2,605,568 3,338,384 3,815,296 5,211,136 6,676,768 7,630,592 10,422,272 13,353,536 15,261,184 26,707,072 30,522,368 53,414,144 61,044,736 106,828,288 213,656,576 and 427,313,152, with no remainder.

Since 427,313,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 427,313,152, 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).