Q: Is 502,010,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 502,010,460 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 502,010,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 81 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 162 180 189 210 252 270 315 324 378 405 420 540 567 630 756 810 945 1,134 1,260 1,620 1,890 2,268 2,835 3,780 5,670 11,340 44,269 88,538 132,807 177,076 221,345 265,614 309,883 398,421 442,690 531,228 619,766 664,035 796,842 885,380 929,649 1,195,263 1,239,532 1,328,070 1,549,415 1,593,684 1,859,298 1,992,105 2,390,526 2,656,140 2,788,947 3,098,830 3,585,789 3,718,596 3,984,210 4,648,245 4,781,052 5,577,894 5,976,315 6,197,660 7,171,578 7,968,420 8,366,841 9,296,490 11,155,788 11,952,630 13,944,735 14,343,156 16,733,682 17,928,945 18,592,980 23,905,260 25,100,523 27,889,470 33,467,364 35,857,890 41,834,205 50,201,046 55,778,940 71,715,780 83,668,410 100,402,092 125,502,615 167,336,820 251,005,230 and 502,010,460, with no remainder.

Since 502,010,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,010,460, 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).