Q: Is 500,726,250 a Composite Number?

Why is 500,726,250 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 500,726,250 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 25 30 45 47 50 75 90 94 125 141 150 225 235 250 282 375 423 450 470 625 705 750 846 947 1,125 1,175 1,250 1,410 1,875 1,894 2,115 2,250 2,350 2,841 3,525 3,750 4,230 4,735 5,625 5,682 5,875 7,050 8,523 9,470 10,575 11,250 11,750 14,205 17,046 17,625 21,150 23,675 28,410 29,375 35,250 42,615 44,509 47,350 52,875 58,750 71,025 85,230 88,125 89,018 105,750 118,375 133,527 142,050 176,250 213,075 222,545 236,750 264,375 267,054 355,125 400,581 426,150 445,090 528,750 591,875 667,635 710,250 801,162 1,065,375 1,112,725 1,183,750 1,335,270 1,775,625 2,002,905 2,130,750 2,225,450 3,338,175 3,551,250 4,005,810 5,326,875 5,563,625 6,676,350 10,014,525 10,653,750 11,127,250 16,690,875 20,029,050 27,818,125 33,381,750 50,072,625 55,636,250 83,454,375 100,145,250 166,908,750 250,363,125 and 500,726,250, with no remainder.

Since 500,726,250 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,726,250, 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).