Q: Is 478,720,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 478,720,004 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 478,720,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 47 49 94 98 157 188 196 314 329 331 628 658 662 1,099 1,316 1,324 2,198 2,303 2,317 4,396 4,606 4,634 7,379 7,693 9,212 9,268 14,758 15,386 15,557 16,219 29,516 30,772 31,114 32,438 51,653 51,967 62,228 64,876 103,306 103,934 108,899 206,612 207,868 217,798 361,571 363,769 435,596 723,142 727,538 762,293 1,446,284 1,455,076 1,524,586 2,442,449 2,546,383 3,049,172 4,884,898 5,092,766 9,769,796 10,185,532 17,097,143 34,194,286 68,388,572 119,680,001 239,360,002 and 478,720,004, with no remainder.

Since 478,720,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,720,004, 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).