Q: Is 601,617,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 601,617,420 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 601,617,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 30 34 36 45 51 60 68 85 90 102 153 170 180 204 255 306 340 421 467 510 612 765 842 934 1,020 1,263 1,401 1,530 1,684 1,868 2,105 2,335 2,526 2,802 3,060 3,789 4,203 4,210 4,670 5,052 5,604 6,315 7,005 7,157 7,578 7,939 8,406 8,420 9,340 12,630 14,010 14,314 15,156 15,878 16,812 18,945 21,015 21,471 23,817 25,260 28,020 28,628 31,756 35,785 37,890 39,695 42,030 42,942 47,634 64,413 71,451 71,570 75,780 79,390 84,060 85,884 95,268 107,355 119,085 128,826 142,902 143,140 158,780 196,607 214,710 238,170 257,652 285,804 322,065 357,255 393,214 429,420 476,340 589,821 644,130 714,510 786,428 983,035 1,179,642 1,288,260 1,429,020 1,769,463 1,966,070 2,359,284 2,949,105 3,342,319 3,538,926 3,932,140 5,898,210 6,684,638 7,077,852 8,847,315 10,026,957 11,796,420 13,369,276 16,711,595 17,694,630 20,053,914 30,080,871 33,423,190 35,389,260 40,107,828 50,134,785 60,161,742 66,846,380 100,269,570 120,323,484 150,404,355 200,539,140 300,808,710 and 601,617,420, with no remainder.

Since 601,617,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 601,617,420, 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).