Q: Is 500,332,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 500,332,512 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 500,332,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 41 48 82 96 123 164 246 317 328 401 492 634 656 802 951 984 1,203 1,268 1,312 1,604 1,902 1,968 2,406 2,536 3,208 3,804 3,936 4,812 5,072 6,416 7,608 9,624 10,144 12,832 12,997 15,216 16,441 19,248 25,994 30,432 32,882 38,496 38,991 49,323 51,988 65,764 77,982 98,646 103,976 127,117 131,528 155,964 197,292 207,952 254,234 263,056 311,928 381,351 394,584 415,904 508,468 526,112 623,856 762,702 789,168 1,016,936 1,247,712 1,525,404 1,578,336 2,033,872 3,050,808 4,067,744 5,211,797 6,101,616 10,423,594 12,203,232 15,635,391 20,847,188 31,270,782 41,694,376 62,541,564 83,388,752 125,083,128 166,777,504 250,166,256 and 500,332,512, with no remainder.

Since 500,332,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,332,512, 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).