Q: Is 502,115,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 502,115,724 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 502,115,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 59 66 99 118 132 177 198 236 354 396 531 649 708 1,062 1,298 1,947 2,124 2,596 3,894 5,841 7,788 11,682 21,491 23,364 42,982 64,473 85,964 128,946 193,419 236,401 257,892 386,838 472,802 709,203 773,676 945,604 1,267,969 1,418,406 2,127,609 2,535,938 2,836,812 3,803,907 4,255,218 5,071,876 7,607,814 8,510,436 11,411,721 13,947,659 15,215,628 22,823,442 27,895,318 41,842,977 45,646,884 55,790,636 83,685,954 125,528,931 167,371,908 251,057,862 and 502,115,724, with no remainder.

Since 502,115,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,115,724, 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).