Q: Is 540,014,046 a Composite Number?

Why is 540,014,046 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 540,014,046 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 29 33 39 58 66 78 87 121 143 174 242 286 319 363 377 429 638 726 754 858 957 1,131 1,573 1,914 1,973 2,262 3,146 3,509 3,946 4,147 4,719 5,919 7,018 8,294 9,438 10,527 11,838 12,441 21,054 21,703 24,882 25,649 43,406 45,617 51,298 57,217 65,109 76,947 91,234 114,434 130,218 136,851 153,894 171,651 238,733 273,702 282,139 343,302 477,466 564,278 629,387 716,199 743,821 846,417 1,258,774 1,432,398 1,487,642 1,692,834 1,888,161 2,231,463 3,103,529 3,776,322 4,462,926 6,207,058 6,923,257 8,182,031 9,310,587 13,846,514 16,364,062 18,621,174 20,769,771 24,546,093 41,539,542 49,092,186 90,002,341 180,004,682 270,007,023 and 540,014,046, with no remainder.

Since 540,014,046 cannot be divided by just 1 and 540,014,046, 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).