Q: Is 477,124,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 477,124,720 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 477,124,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 31 34 40 62 68 80 85 124 136 155 170 248 272 310 340 496 527 620 680 1,054 1,240 1,360 2,108 2,480 2,635 4,216 5,270 8,432 10,540 11,317 21,080 22,634 42,160 45,268 56,585 90,536 113,170 181,072 192,389 226,340 350,827 384,778 452,680 701,654 769,556 905,360 961,945 1,403,308 1,539,112 1,754,135 1,923,890 2,806,616 3,078,224 3,508,270 3,847,780 5,613,232 5,964,059 7,016,540 7,695,560 11,928,118 14,033,080 15,391,120 23,856,236 28,066,160 29,820,295 47,712,472 59,640,590 95,424,944 119,281,180 238,562,360 and 477,124,720, with no remainder.

Since 477,124,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 477,124,720, 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).