Q: Is 531,508,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 531,508,000 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 531,508,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 80 89 100 125 160 178 200 250 356 400 445 500 712 800 890 1,000 1,424 1,493 1,780 2,000 2,225 2,848 2,986 3,560 4,000 4,450 5,972 7,120 7,465 8,900 11,125 11,944 14,240 14,930 17,800 22,250 23,888 29,860 35,600 37,325 44,500 47,776 59,720 71,200 74,650 89,000 119,440 132,877 149,300 178,000 186,625 238,880 265,754 298,600 356,000 373,250 531,508 597,200 664,385 746,500 1,063,016 1,194,400 1,328,770 1,493,000 2,126,032 2,657,540 2,986,000 3,321,925 4,252,064 5,315,080 5,972,000 6,643,850 10,630,160 13,287,700 16,609,625 21,260,320 26,575,400 33,219,250 53,150,800 66,438,500 106,301,600 132,877,000 265,754,000 and 531,508,000, with no remainder.

Since 531,508,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 531,508,000, 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).