Q: Is 601,621,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 601,621,704 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 601,621,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 29 34 36 51 58 68 72 87 102 116 136 153 174 204 232 261 289 306 348 408 493 522 578 612 696 867 986 997 1,044 1,156 1,224 1,479 1,734 1,972 1,994 2,088 2,312 2,601 2,958 2,991 3,468 3,944 3,988 4,437 5,202 5,916 5,982 6,936 7,976 8,381 8,874 8,973 10,404 11,832 11,964 16,762 16,949 17,748 17,946 20,808 23,928 25,143 28,913 33,524 33,898 35,496 35,892 50,286 50,847 57,826 67,048 67,796 71,784 75,429 86,739 100,572 101,694 115,652 135,592 150,858 152,541 173,478 201,144 203,388 231,304 260,217 288,133 301,716 305,082 346,956 406,776 491,521 520,434 576,266 603,432 610,164 693,912 864,399 983,042 1,040,868 1,152,532 1,220,328 1,474,563 1,728,798 1,966,084 2,081,736 2,305,064 2,593,197 2,949,126 3,457,596 3,932,168 4,423,689 5,186,394 5,898,252 6,915,192 8,355,857 8,847,378 10,372,788 11,796,504 16,711,714 17,694,756 20,745,576 25,067,571 33,423,428 35,389,512 50,135,142 66,846,856 75,202,713 100,270,284 150,405,426 200,540,568 300,810,852 and 601,621,704, with no remainder.

Since 601,621,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 601,621,704, 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).