Q: Is 505,362,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 505,362,624 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 505,362,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 46 48 52 64 69 78 92 96 104 138 156 184 192 208 276 299 312 368 416 552 598 624 736 832 897 1,104 1,196 1,248 1,472 1,794 2,208 2,392 2,496 3,588 4,416 4,784 7,176 8,803 9,568 14,352 17,606 19,136 26,409 28,704 35,212 52,818 57,408 70,424 105,636 114,439 140,848 202,469 211,272 228,878 281,696 343,317 404,938 422,544 457,756 563,392 607,407 686,634 809,876 845,088 915,512 1,214,814 1,373,268 1,619,752 1,690,176 1,831,024 2,429,628 2,632,097 2,746,536 3,239,504 3,662,048 4,859,256 5,264,194 5,493,072 6,479,008 7,324,096 7,896,291 9,718,512 10,528,388 10,986,144 12,958,016 15,792,582 19,437,024 21,056,776 21,972,288 31,585,164 38,874,048 42,113,552 63,170,328 84,227,104 126,340,656 168,454,208 252,681,312 and 505,362,624, with no remainder.

Since 505,362,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 505,362,624, 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).