Q: Is 502,140,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 502,140,000 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 502,140,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 125 150 160 200 240 250 300 375 400 480 500 600 625 750 800 1,000 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,875 2,000 2,400 2,500 3,000 3,750 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,500 8,369 10,000 12,000 15,000 16,738 20,000 25,107 30,000 33,476 41,845 50,214 60,000 66,952 83,690 100,428 125,535 133,904 167,380 200,856 209,225 251,070 267,808 334,760 401,712 418,450 502,140 627,675 669,520 803,424 836,900 1,004,280 1,046,125 1,255,350 1,339,040 1,673,800 2,008,560 2,092,250 2,510,700 3,138,375 3,347,600 4,017,120 4,184,500 5,021,400 5,230,625 6,276,750 6,695,200 8,369,000 10,042,800 10,461,250 12,553,500 15,691,875 16,738,000 20,085,600 20,922,500 25,107,000 31,383,750 33,476,000 41,845,000 50,214,000 62,767,500 83,690,000 100,428,000 125,535,000 167,380,000 251,070,000 and 502,140,000, with no remainder.

Since 502,140,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,140,000, 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).