Q: Is 558,703,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 558,703,008 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 558,703,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 439 491 648 864 878 982 1,296 1,317 1,473 1,756 1,964 2,592 2,634 2,946 3,512 3,928 3,951 4,419 5,268 5,892 7,024 7,856 7,902 8,838 10,536 11,784 11,853 13,257 14,048 15,712 15,804 17,676 21,072 23,568 23,706 26,514 31,608 35,352 35,559 39,771 42,144 47,136 47,412 53,028 63,216 70,704 71,118 79,542 94,824 106,056 126,432 141,408 142,236 159,084 189,648 212,112 215,549 284,472 318,168 379,296 424,224 431,098 568,944 636,336 646,647 862,196 1,137,888 1,272,672 1,293,294 1,724,392 1,939,941 2,586,588 3,448,784 3,879,882 5,173,176 5,819,823 6,897,568 7,759,764 10,346,352 11,639,646 15,519,528 17,459,469 20,692,704 23,279,292 31,039,056 34,918,938 46,558,584 62,078,112 69,837,876 93,117,168 139,675,752 186,234,336 279,351,504 and 558,703,008, with no remainder.

Since 558,703,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 558,703,008, 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).