Q: Is 442,523,214 a Composite Number?

Why is 442,523,214 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 442,523,214 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 49 63 98 109 126 147 218 294 327 441 654 763 882 981 1,526 1,962 2,289 4,578 4,603 5,341 6,867 9,206 10,682 13,734 13,809 16,023 27,618 32,046 32,221 41,427 48,069 64,442 82,854 96,138 96,663 193,326 225,547 289,989 451,094 501,727 579,978 676,641 1,003,454 1,353,282 1,505,181 2,029,923 3,010,362 3,512,089 4,059,846 4,515,543 7,024,178 9,031,086 10,536,267 21,072,534 24,584,623 31,608,801 49,169,246 63,217,602 73,753,869 147,507,738 221,261,607 and 442,523,214, with no remainder.

Since 442,523,214 cannot be divided by just 1 and 442,523,214, 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).