Q: Is 478,677,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 478,677,864 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 478,677,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 392 491 588 829 982 1,176 1,473 1,658 1,964 2,487 2,946 3,316 3,437 3,928 4,974 5,803 5,892 6,632 6,874 9,948 10,311 11,606 11,784 13,748 17,409 19,896 20,622 23,212 24,059 27,496 34,818 40,621 41,244 46,424 48,118 69,636 72,177 81,242 82,488 96,236 121,863 139,272 144,354 162,484 192,472 243,726 288,708 324,968 407,039 487,452 577,416 814,078 974,904 1,221,117 1,628,156 2,442,234 2,849,273 3,256,312 4,884,468 5,698,546 8,547,819 9,768,936 11,397,092 17,095,638 19,944,911 22,794,184 34,191,276 39,889,822 59,834,733 68,382,552 79,779,644 119,669,466 159,559,288 239,338,932 and 478,677,864, with no remainder.

Since 478,677,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,677,864, 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).