Q: Is 478,816,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 478,816,872 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 478,816,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 114 152 228 241 456 482 723 964 1,446 1,928 2,892 4,357 4,579 5,784 8,714 9,158 13,071 13,737 17,428 18,316 26,142 27,474 34,856 36,632 52,284 54,948 82,783 104,568 109,896 165,566 248,349 331,132 496,698 662,264 993,396 1,050,037 1,986,792 2,100,074 3,150,111 4,200,148 6,300,222 8,400,296 12,600,444 19,950,703 25,200,888 39,901,406 59,852,109 79,802,812 119,704,218 159,605,624 239,408,436 and 478,816,872, with no remainder.

Since 478,816,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,816,872, 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).