Q: Is 456,720,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 456,720,462 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 456,720,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 99 113 137 149 198 226 274 298 339 411 447 678 822 894 1,017 1,233 1,243 1,341 1,507 1,639 2,034 2,466 2,486 2,682 3,014 3,278 3,729 4,521 4,917 7,458 9,042 9,834 11,187 13,563 14,751 15,481 16,837 20,413 22,374 27,126 29,502 30,962 33,674 40,826 46,443 50,511 61,239 92,886 101,022 122,478 139,329 151,533 170,291 183,717 185,207 224,543 278,658 303,066 340,582 367,434 370,414 449,086 510,873 555,621 673,629 1,021,746 1,111,242 1,347,258 1,532,619 1,666,863 2,020,887 2,306,669 3,065,238 3,333,726 4,041,774 4,613,338 6,920,007 13,840,014 20,760,021 25,373,359 41,520,042 50,746,718 76,120,077 152,240,154 228,360,231 and 456,720,462, with no remainder.

Since 456,720,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 456,720,462, 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).