Q: Is 432,422,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 432,422,848 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 432,422,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 32 37 44 52 64 74 88 104 143 148 176 208 286 296 352 407 416 481 572 592 704 814 832 962 1,144 1,184 1,277 1,628 1,924 2,288 2,368 2,554 3,256 3,848 4,576 5,108 5,291 6,512 7,696 9,152 10,216 10,582 13,024 14,047 15,392 16,601 20,432 21,164 26,048 28,094 30,784 33,202 40,864 42,328 47,249 56,188 66,404 81,728 84,656 94,498 112,376 132,808 169,312 182,611 188,996 224,752 265,616 338,624 365,222 377,992 449,504 519,739 531,232 614,237 730,444 755,984 899,008 1,039,478 1,062,464 1,228,474 1,460,888 1,511,968 2,078,956 2,456,948 2,921,776 3,023,936 4,157,912 4,913,896 5,843,552 6,756,607 8,315,824 9,827,792 11,687,104 13,513,214 16,631,648 19,655,584 27,026,428 33,263,296 39,311,168 54,052,856 108,105,712 216,211,424 and 432,422,848, with no remainder.

Since 432,422,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 432,422,848, 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).