Q: Is 488,860,218 a Composite Number?

Why is 488,860,218 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 488,860,218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 297 378 462 594 693 1,386 2,079 4,158 117,571 235,142 352,713 705,426 822,997 1,058,139 1,293,281 1,645,994 2,116,278 2,468,991 2,586,562 3,174,417 3,879,843 4,937,982 6,348,834 7,406,973 7,759,686 9,052,967 11,639,529 14,813,946 18,105,934 22,220,919 23,279,058 27,158,901 34,918,587 44,441,838 54,317,802 69,837,174 81,476,703 162,953,406 244,430,109 and 488,860,218, with no remainder.

Since 488,860,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 488,860,218, 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).