Q: Is 460,240,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 460,240,144 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 460,240,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 49 52 56 91 98 104 112 182 196 208 343 364 392 637 686 728 784 1,274 1,372 1,456 2,548 2,744 4,459 5,096 5,488 6,451 8,918 10,192 12,902 17,836 25,804 35,672 45,157 51,608 71,344 83,863 90,314 103,216 167,726 180,628 316,099 335,452 361,256 587,041 632,198 670,904 722,512 1,174,082 1,264,396 1,341,808 2,212,693 2,348,164 2,528,792 4,109,287 4,425,386 4,696,328 5,057,584 8,218,574 8,850,772 9,392,656 16,437,148 17,701,544 28,765,009 32,874,296 35,403,088 57,530,018 65,748,592 115,060,036 230,120,072 and 460,240,144, with no remainder.

Since 460,240,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 460,240,144, 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).