Q: Is 502,143,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 502,143,540 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 502,143,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 103 193 206 309 386 412 421 515 579 618 772 842 965 1,030 1,158 1,236 1,263 1,545 1,684 1,930 2,060 2,105 2,316 2,526 2,895 3,090 3,860 4,210 5,052 5,790 6,180 6,315 8,420 11,580 12,630 19,879 25,260 39,758 43,363 59,637 79,516 81,253 86,726 99,395 119,274 130,089 162,506 173,452 198,790 216,815 238,548 243,759 260,178 298,185 325,012 397,580 406,265 433,630 487,518 520,356 596,370 650,445 812,530 867,260 975,036 1,192,740 1,218,795 1,300,890 1,625,060 2,437,590 2,601,780 4,875,180 8,369,059 16,738,118 25,107,177 33,476,236 41,845,295 50,214,354 83,690,590 100,428,708 125,535,885 167,381,180 251,071,770 and 502,143,540, with no remainder.

Since 502,143,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,143,540, 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).