Q: Is 505,420,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 505,420,344 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 505,420,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 72 78 88 99 104 108 117 132 143 156 198 216 234 264 286 297 312 351 396 429 468 572 594 702 792 858 936 1,144 1,188 1,287 1,404 1,716 2,376 2,574 2,808 3,432 3,861 5,148 7,722 10,296 15,444 16,363 30,888 32,726 49,089 65,452 98,178 130,904 147,267 179,993 196,356 212,719 294,534 359,986 392,712 425,438 441,801 539,979 589,068 638,157 719,972 850,876 883,602 1,079,958 1,178,136 1,276,314 1,439,944 1,619,937 1,701,752 1,767,204 1,914,471 2,159,916 2,339,909 2,552,628 3,239,874 3,534,408 3,828,942 4,319,832 4,679,818 4,859,811 5,105,256 5,743,413 6,479,748 7,019,727 7,657,884 9,359,636 9,719,622 11,486,826 12,959,496 14,039,454 15,315,768 18,719,272 19,439,244 21,059,181 22,973,652 28,078,908 38,878,488 42,118,362 45,947,304 56,157,816 63,177,543 84,236,724 126,355,086 168,473,448 252,710,172 and 505,420,344, with no remainder.

Since 505,420,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 505,420,344, 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).