Q: Is 477,534,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 477,534,240 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 477,534,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 53 60 72 80 90 96 106 120 144 159 160 180 212 240 265 288 318 360 424 477 480 530 636 720 795 848 954 1,060 1,272 1,440 1,590 1,696 1,908 2,120 2,385 2,544 3,180 3,816 4,240 4,770 5,088 6,257 6,360 7,632 8,480 9,540 12,514 12,720 15,264 18,771 19,080 25,028 25,440 31,285 37,542 38,160 50,056 56,313 62,570 75,084 76,320 93,855 100,112 112,626 125,140 150,168 187,710 200,224 225,252 250,280 281,565 300,336 331,621 375,420 450,504 500,560 563,130 600,672 663,242 750,840 901,008 994,863 1,001,120 1,126,260 1,326,484 1,501,680 1,658,105 1,802,016 1,989,726 2,252,520 2,652,968 2,984,589 3,003,360 3,316,210 3,979,452 4,505,040 4,974,315 5,305,936 5,969,178 6,632,420 7,958,904 9,010,080 9,948,630 10,611,872 11,938,356 13,264,840 14,922,945 15,917,808 19,897,260 23,876,712 26,529,680 29,845,890 31,835,616 39,794,520 47,753,424 53,059,360 59,691,780 79,589,040 95,506,848 119,383,560 159,178,080 238,767,120 and 477,534,240, with no remainder.

Since 477,534,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 477,534,240, 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).