Q: Is 471,527,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 471,527,500 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 471,527,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 47 50 94 100 125 188 235 250 470 500 625 940 1,175 1,250 2,350 2,500 4,013 4,700 5,875 8,026 11,750 16,052 20,065 23,500 29,375 40,130 58,750 80,260 100,325 117,500 188,611 200,650 377,222 401,300 501,625 754,444 943,055 1,003,250 1,886,110 2,006,500 2,508,125 3,772,220 4,715,275 5,016,250 9,430,550 10,032,500 18,861,100 23,576,375 47,152,750 94,305,500 117,881,875 235,763,750 and 471,527,500, with no remainder.

Since 471,527,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 471,527,500, 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).