Q: Is 442,153,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 442,153,040 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 442,153,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 80 112 127 140 254 280 508 560 635 889 1,016 1,270 1,778 2,032 2,540 3,556 4,445 5,080 6,217 7,112 8,890 10,160 12,434 14,224 17,780 24,868 31,085 35,560 43,519 49,736 62,170 71,120 87,038 99,472 124,340 174,076 217,595 248,680 348,152 435,190 497,360 696,304 789,559 870,380 1,579,118 1,740,760 3,158,236 3,481,520 3,947,795 5,526,913 6,316,472 7,895,590 11,053,826 12,632,944 15,791,180 22,107,652 27,634,565 31,582,360 44,215,304 55,269,130 63,164,720 88,430,608 110,538,260 221,076,520 and 442,153,040, with no remainder.

Since 442,153,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 442,153,040, 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).