Q: Is 577,062,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 577,062,072 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 577,062,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 113 114 152 171 226 228 339 342 452 456 678 684 904 1,017 1,356 1,368 2,034 2,147 2,712 3,733 4,068 4,294 6,441 7,466 8,136 8,588 11,199 12,882 14,932 17,176 19,323 22,398 25,764 29,864 33,597 38,646 44,796 51,528 67,194 70,927 77,292 89,592 134,388 141,854 154,584 212,781 268,776 283,708 421,829 425,562 567,416 638,343 843,658 851,124 1,265,487 1,276,686 1,687,316 1,702,248 2,530,974 2,553,372 3,374,632 3,796,461 5,061,948 5,106,744 7,592,922 8,014,751 10,123,896 15,185,844 16,029,502 24,044,253 30,371,688 32,059,004 48,088,506 64,118,008 72,132,759 96,177,012 144,265,518 192,354,024 288,531,036 and 577,062,072, with no remainder.

Since 577,062,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 577,062,072, 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).