Q: Is 471,387,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 471,387,224 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 471,387,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 154 308 409 616 818 1,636 1,871 2,863 3,272 3,742 4,499 5,726 7,484 8,998 11,452 13,097 14,968 17,996 20,581 22,904 26,194 31,493 35,992 41,162 52,388 62,986 82,324 104,776 125,972 144,067 164,648 251,944 288,134 576,268 765,239 1,152,536 1,530,478 3,060,956 5,356,673 6,121,912 8,417,629 10,713,346 16,835,258 21,426,692 33,670,516 42,853,384 58,923,403 67,341,032 117,846,806 235,693,612 and 471,387,224, with no remainder.

Since 471,387,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 471,387,224, 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).