Q: Is 600,481,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 600,481,872 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 600,481,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 67 72 109 134 144 201 218 268 327 402 436 536 571 603 654 804 872 981 1,072 1,142 1,206 1,308 1,608 1,713 1,744 1,962 2,284 2,412 2,616 3,216 3,426 3,924 4,568 4,824 5,139 5,232 6,852 7,303 7,848 9,136 9,648 10,278 13,704 14,606 15,696 20,556 21,909 27,408 29,212 38,257 41,112 43,818 58,424 62,239 65,727 76,514 82,224 87,636 114,771 116,848 124,478 131,454 153,028 175,272 186,717 229,542 248,956 262,908 306,056 344,313 350,544 373,434 459,084 497,912 525,816 560,151 612,112 688,626 746,868 918,168 995,824 1,051,632 1,120,302 1,377,252 1,493,736 1,836,336 2,240,604 2,754,504 2,987,472 4,170,013 4,481,208 5,509,008 8,340,026 8,962,416 12,510,039 16,680,052 25,020,078 33,360,104 37,530,117 50,040,156 66,720,208 75,060,234 100,080,312 150,120,468 200,160,624 300,240,936 and 600,481,872, with no remainder.

Since 600,481,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 600,481,872, 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).