Q: Is 462,341,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 462,341,808 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 462,341,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 67 72 134 144 173 201 268 277 346 402 519 536 554 603 692 804 831 1,038 1,072 1,108 1,206 1,384 1,557 1,608 1,662 2,076 2,216 2,412 2,493 2,768 3,114 3,216 3,324 4,152 4,432 4,824 4,986 6,228 6,648 8,304 9,648 9,972 11,591 12,456 13,296 18,559 19,944 23,182 24,912 34,773 37,118 39,888 46,364 47,921 55,677 69,546 74,236 92,728 95,842 104,319 111,354 139,092 143,763 148,472 167,031 185,456 191,684 208,638 222,708 278,184 287,526 296,944 334,062 383,368 417,276 431,289 445,416 556,368 575,052 668,124 766,736 834,552 862,578 890,832 1,150,104 1,336,248 1,669,104 1,725,156 2,300,208 2,672,496 3,210,707 3,450,312 6,421,414 6,900,624 9,632,121 12,842,828 19,264,242 25,685,656 28,896,363 38,528,484 51,371,312 57,792,726 77,056,968 115,585,452 154,113,936 231,170,904 and 462,341,808, with no remainder.

Since 462,341,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 462,341,808, 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).