Q: Is 601,407,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 601,407,768 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 601,407,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 37 39 52 59 74 78 104 111 118 148 156 177 222 236 296 312 354 444 472 481 708 767 883 888 962 1,416 1,443 1,534 1,766 1,924 2,183 2,301 2,649 2,886 3,068 3,532 3,848 4,366 4,602 5,298 5,772 6,136 6,549 7,064 8,732 9,204 10,596 11,479 11,544 13,098 17,464 18,408 21,192 22,958 26,196 28,379 32,671 34,437 45,916 52,097 52,392 56,758 65,342 68,874 85,137 91,832 98,013 104,194 113,516 130,684 137,748 156,291 170,274 196,026 208,388 227,032 261,368 275,496 312,582 340,548 392,052 416,776 424,723 625,164 677,261 681,096 784,104 849,446 1,250,328 1,274,169 1,354,522 1,698,892 1,927,589 2,031,783 2,548,338 2,709,044 3,397,784 3,855,178 4,063,566 5,096,676 5,418,088 5,782,767 7,710,356 8,127,132 10,193,352 11,565,534 15,420,712 16,254,264 23,131,068 25,058,657 46,262,136 50,117,314 75,175,971 100,234,628 150,351,942 200,469,256 300,703,884 and 601,407,768, with no remainder.

Since 601,407,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 601,407,768, 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).