Q: Is 600,038,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 600,038,352 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 600,038,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 36 46 48 69 72 92 138 144 184 207 276 368 414 529 552 828 1,058 1,104 1,587 1,656 2,116 3,174 3,312 4,232 4,761 6,348 7,877 8,464 9,522 12,696 15,754 19,044 23,631 25,392 31,508 38,088 47,262 63,016 70,893 76,176 94,524 126,032 141,786 181,171 189,048 283,572 362,342 378,096 543,513 567,144 724,684 1,087,026 1,134,288 1,449,368 1,630,539 2,174,052 2,898,736 3,261,078 4,166,933 4,348,104 6,522,156 8,333,866 8,696,208 12,500,799 13,044,312 16,667,732 25,001,598 26,088,624 33,335,464 37,502,397 50,003,196 66,670,928 75,004,794 100,006,392 150,009,588 200,012,784 300,019,176 and 600,038,352, with no remainder.

Since 600,038,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 600,038,352, 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).