Q: Is 540,325,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 540,325,344 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 540,325,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 32 38 39 48 52 57 76 78 96 104 114 152 156 208 228 247 304 312 416 456 494 608 624 741 912 988 1,248 1,482 1,824 1,976 2,964 3,952 5,928 7,904 11,856 22,787 23,712 45,574 68,361 91,148 136,722 182,296 273,444 296,231 364,592 432,953 546,888 592,462 729,184 865,906 888,693 1,093,776 1,184,924 1,298,859 1,731,812 1,777,386 2,187,552 2,369,848 2,597,718 3,463,624 3,554,772 4,739,696 5,195,436 5,628,389 6,927,248 7,109,544 9,479,392 10,390,872 11,256,778 13,854,496 14,219,088 16,885,167 20,781,744 22,513,556 28,438,176 33,770,334 41,563,488 45,027,112 67,540,668 90,054,224 135,081,336 180,108,448 270,162,672 and 540,325,344, with no remainder.

Since 540,325,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 540,325,344, 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).