Q: Is 478,677,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 478,677,870 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 478,677,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 41 45 54 55 66 82 90 99 110 123 135 165 198 205 246 270 297 330 369 410 451 495 594 615 738 902 990 1,107 1,230 1,353 1,485 1,845 2,214 2,255 2,706 2,970 3,690 3,931 4,059 4,510 5,535 6,765 7,862 8,118 11,070 11,793 12,177 13,530 19,655 20,295 23,586 24,354 35,379 39,310 40,590 43,241 58,965 60,885 70,758 86,482 106,137 117,930 121,770 129,723 161,171 176,895 212,274 216,205 259,446 322,342 353,790 389,169 432,410 483,513 530,685 648,615 778,338 805,855 967,026 1,061,370 1,167,507 1,297,230 1,450,539 1,611,710 1,772,881 1,945,845 2,335,014 2,417,565 2,901,078 3,545,762 3,891,690 4,351,617 4,835,130 5,318,643 5,837,535 7,252,695 8,703,234 8,864,405 10,637,286 11,675,070 14,505,390 15,955,929 17,728,810 21,758,085 26,593,215 31,911,858 43,516,170 47,867,787 53,186,430 79,779,645 95,735,574 159,559,290 239,338,935 and 478,677,870, with no remainder.

Since 478,677,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,677,870, 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).