Q: Is 563,225,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 563,225,488 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 563,225,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 53 56 106 112 212 239 371 397 424 478 742 794 848 956 1,484 1,588 1,673 1,912 2,779 2,968 3,176 3,346 3,824 5,558 5,936 6,352 6,692 11,116 12,667 13,384 21,041 22,232 25,334 26,768 42,082 44,464 50,668 84,164 88,669 94,883 101,336 147,287 168,328 177,338 189,766 202,672 294,574 336,656 354,676 379,532 589,148 664,181 709,352 759,064 1,178,296 1,328,362 1,418,704 1,518,128 2,356,592 2,656,724 5,028,799 5,313,448 10,057,598 10,626,896 20,115,196 35,201,593 40,230,392 70,403,186 80,460,784 140,806,372 281,612,744 and 563,225,488, with no remainder.

Since 563,225,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 563,225,488, 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).