Q: Is 512,048,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 512,048,824 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 512,048,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 29 31 49 56 58 62 98 116 124 196 203 217 232 248 392 406 434 812 868 899 1,421 1,453 1,519 1,624 1,736 1,798 2,842 2,906 3,038 3,596 5,684 5,812 6,076 6,293 7,192 10,171 11,368 11,624 12,152 12,586 20,342 25,172 40,684 42,137 44,051 45,043 50,344 71,197 81,368 84,274 88,102 90,086 142,394 168,548 176,204 180,172 284,788 294,959 315,301 337,096 352,408 360,344 569,576 589,918 630,602 1,179,836 1,261,204 1,306,247 2,064,713 2,207,107 2,359,672 2,522,408 2,612,494 4,129,426 4,414,214 5,224,988 8,258,852 8,828,428 9,143,729 10,449,976 16,517,704 17,656,856 18,287,458 36,574,916 64,006,103 73,149,832 128,012,206 256,024,412 and 512,048,824, with no remainder.

Since 512,048,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 512,048,824, 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).