Q: Is 505,513,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 505,513,240 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 505,513,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 37 38 40 74 76 95 148 152 185 190 296 370 380 703 740 760 1,406 1,480 2,812 3,515 5,624 7,030 14,060 17,977 28,120 35,954 71,908 89,885 143,816 179,770 341,563 359,540 665,149 683,126 719,080 1,330,298 1,366,252 1,707,815 2,660,596 2,732,504 3,325,745 3,415,630 5,321,192 6,651,490 6,831,260 12,637,831 13,302,980 13,662,520 25,275,662 26,605,960 50,551,324 63,189,155 101,102,648 126,378,310 252,756,620 and 505,513,240, with no remainder.

Since 505,513,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 505,513,240, 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).