Q: Is 440,031,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 440,031,312 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 440,031,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 3,024 145,513 291,026 436,539 582,052 873,078 1,018,591 1,164,104 1,309,617 1,746,156 2,037,182 2,328,208 2,619,234 3,055,773 3,492,312 3,928,851 4,074,364 5,238,468 6,111,546 6,984,624 7,857,702 8,148,728 9,167,319 10,476,936 12,223,092 15,715,404 16,297,456 18,334,638 20,953,872 24,446,184 27,501,957 31,430,808 36,669,276 48,892,368 55,003,914 62,861,616 73,338,552 110,007,828 146,677,104 220,015,656 and 440,031,312, with no remainder.

Since 440,031,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 440,031,312, 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).