Q: Is 540,652,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 540,652,608 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 540,652,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 144 192 288 576 599 1,198 1,567 1,797 2,396 3,134 3,594 4,701 4,792 5,391 6,268 7,188 9,402 9,584 10,782 12,536 14,103 14,376 18,804 19,168 21,564 25,072 28,206 28,752 37,608 38,336 43,128 50,144 56,412 57,504 75,216 86,256 100,288 112,824 115,008 150,432 172,512 225,648 300,864 345,024 451,296 902,592 938,633 1,877,266 2,815,899 3,754,532 5,631,798 7,509,064 8,447,697 11,263,596 15,018,128 16,895,394 22,527,192 30,036,256 33,790,788 45,054,384 60,072,512 67,581,576 90,108,768 135,163,152 180,217,536 270,326,304 and 540,652,608, with no remainder.

Since 540,652,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 540,652,608, 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).