Q: Is 601,614,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 601,614,624 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 601,614,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 96 104 156 208 239 312 416 478 624 717 956 1,248 1,434 1,912 2,017 2,868 3,107 3,824 4,034 5,736 6,051 6,214 7,648 8,068 9,321 11,472 12,102 12,428 16,136 18,642 22,944 24,204 24,856 26,221 32,272 37,284 48,408 49,712 52,442 64,544 74,568 78,663 96,816 99,424 104,884 149,136 157,326 193,632 209,768 298,272 314,652 419,536 482,063 629,304 839,072 964,126 1,258,608 1,446,189 1,928,252 2,517,216 2,892,378 3,856,504 5,784,756 6,266,819 7,713,008 11,569,512 12,533,638 15,426,016 18,800,457 23,139,024 25,067,276 37,600,914 46,278,048 50,134,552 75,201,828 100,269,104 150,403,656 200,538,208 300,807,312 and 601,614,624, with no remainder.

Since 601,614,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 601,614,624, 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).