Q: Is 538,637,022 a Composite Number?

Why is 538,637,022 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 538,637,022 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 63 66 77 99 126 154 198 231 462 569 683 693 1,138 1,366 1,386 1,707 2,049 3,414 3,983 4,098 4,781 5,121 6,147 6,259 7,513 7,966 9,562 10,242 11,949 12,294 12,518 14,343 15,026 18,777 22,539 23,898 28,686 35,847 37,554 43,029 43,813 45,078 52,591 56,331 67,617 71,694 86,058 87,626 105,182 112,662 131,439 135,234 157,773 262,878 315,546 388,627 394,317 473,319 777,254 788,634 946,638 1,165,881 2,331,762 2,720,389 3,497,643 4,274,897 5,440,778 6,995,286 8,161,167 8,549,794 12,824,691 16,322,334 24,483,501 25,649,382 29,924,279 38,474,073 48,967,002 59,848,558 76,948,146 89,772,837 179,545,674 269,318,511 and 538,637,022, with no remainder.

Since 538,637,022 cannot be divided by just 1 and 538,637,022, 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).