Q: Is 538,680,618 a Composite Number?

Why is 538,680,618 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 538,680,618 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 79 81 98 126 147 158 162 189 237 294 378 441 474 553 567 711 859 882 1,106 1,134 1,323 1,422 1,659 1,718 2,133 2,577 2,646 3,318 3,871 3,969 4,266 4,977 5,154 6,013 6,399 7,731 7,742 7,938 9,954 11,613 12,026 12,798 14,931 15,462 18,039 23,193 23,226 29,862 34,839 36,078 42,091 44,793 46,386 54,117 67,861 69,579 69,678 84,182 89,586 104,517 108,234 126,273 135,722 139,158 162,351 203,583 209,034 252,546 313,551 324,702 378,819 407,166 475,027 487,053 610,749 627,102 757,638 950,054 974,106 1,136,457 1,221,498 1,425,081 1,832,247 2,272,914 2,850,162 3,325,189 3,409,371 3,664,494 4,275,243 5,496,741 6,650,378 6,818,742 8,550,486 9,975,567 10,993,482 12,825,729 19,951,134 25,651,458 29,926,701 38,477,187 59,853,402 76,954,374 89,780,103 179,560,206 269,340,309 and 538,680,618, with no remainder.

Since 538,680,618 cannot be divided by just 1 and 538,680,618, 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).