Q: Is 432,042,534 a Composite Number?

Why is 432,042,534 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 432,042,534 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 23 33 42 46 63 66 69 77 99 126 138 154 161 198 207 231 253 322 414 462 483 506 693 759 966 1,386 1,449 1,518 1,771 2,277 2,898 3,542 4,554 5,313 10,626 13,553 15,939 27,106 31,878 40,659 81,318 94,871 121,977 149,083 189,742 243,954 284,613 298,166 311,719 447,249 569,226 623,438 853,839 894,498 935,157 1,043,581 1,341,747 1,707,678 1,870,314 2,087,162 2,182,033 2,683,494 2,805,471 3,130,743 3,428,909 4,364,066 5,610,942 6,261,486 6,546,099 6,857,818 9,392,229 10,286,727 13,092,198 18,784,458 19,638,297 20,573,454 24,002,363 30,860,181 39,276,594 48,004,726 61,720,362 72,007,089 144,014,178 216,021,267 and 432,042,534, with no remainder.

Since 432,042,534 cannot be divided by just 1 and 432,042,534, 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).