Q: Is 545,240,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 545,240,542 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 545,240,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 29 49 58 77 98 107 154 163 203 214 319 326 406 539 638 749 1,078 1,141 1,177 1,421 1,498 1,793 2,233 2,282 2,354 2,842 3,103 3,586 4,466 4,727 5,243 6,206 7,987 8,239 9,454 10,486 12,551 15,631 15,974 16,478 17,441 21,721 25,102 31,262 33,089 34,133 34,882 43,442 51,997 57,673 66,178 68,266 87,857 103,994 115,346 122,087 152,047 175,714 191,851 231,623 238,931 244,174 304,094 363,979 383,702 463,246 477,862 505,789 727,958 854,609 1,011,578 1,342,957 1,672,517 1,709,218 2,547,853 2,685,914 3,345,034 3,540,523 5,095,706 5,563,679 7,081,046 9,400,699 11,127,358 18,801,398 24,783,661 38,945,753 49,567,322 77,891,506 272,620,271 and 545,240,542, with no remainder.

Since 545,240,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 545,240,542, 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).