Q: Is 542,015,162 a Composite Number?

Why is 542,015,162 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 542,015,162 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 29 41 58 82 89 178 197 377 394 533 754 1,066 1,157 1,189 2,314 2,378 2,561 2,581 3,649 5,122 5,162 5,713 7,298 8,077 11,426 15,457 16,154 17,533 30,914 33,553 35,066 47,437 67,106 74,269 94,874 105,001 105,821 148,538 210,002 211,642 227,929 234,233 455,858 468,466 508,457 718,853 1,016,914 1,375,673 1,437,706 2,751,346 3,045,029 6,090,058 6,609,941 9,345,089 13,219,882 18,690,178 20,846,737 41,693,474 271,007,581 and 542,015,162, with no remainder.

Since 542,015,162 cannot be divided by just 1 and 542,015,162, 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).