Q: Is 531,734,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 531,734,672 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 531,734,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 49 56 98 112 196 392 443 784 886 1,531 1,772 3,062 3,101 3,544 6,124 6,202 7,088 10,717 12,248 12,404 21,434 21,707 24,496 24,808 42,868 43,414 49,616 75,019 85,736 86,828 150,038 171,472 173,656 300,076 347,312 600,152 678,233 1,200,304 1,356,466 2,712,932 4,747,631 5,425,864 9,495,262 10,851,728 18,990,524 33,233,417 37,981,048 66,466,834 75,962,096 132,933,668 265,867,336 and 531,734,672, with no remainder.

Since 531,734,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 531,734,672, 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).