Q: Is 563,163,615 a Composite Number?

Why is 563,163,615 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 563,163,615 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 15 21 29 35 45 49 63 87 105 145 147 203 245 261 315 435 441 609 735 1,015 1,305 1,421 1,827 2,205 3,045 4,263 7,105 8,807 9,135 12,789 21,315 26,421 44,035 61,649 63,945 79,263 132,105 184,947 255,403 308,245 396,315 431,543 554,841 766,209 924,735 1,277,015 1,294,629 1,787,821 2,157,715 2,298,627 2,774,205 3,831,045 3,883,887 5,363,463 6,473,145 8,939,105 11,493,135 12,514,747 16,090,389 19,419,435 26,817,315 37,544,241 62,573,735 80,451,945 112,632,723 187,721,205 and 563,163,615, with no remainder.

Since 563,163,615 cannot be divided by just 1 and 563,163,615, 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).