Q: Is 616,838,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 616,838,472 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 616,838,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 23 24 34 36 46 51 68 69 72 92 102 136 138 153 184 204 207 276 306 391 408 414 552 612 782 828 1,173 1,224 1,564 1,656 2,346 3,128 3,519 4,692 7,038 9,384 14,076 21,911 28,152 43,822 65,733 87,644 131,466 175,288 197,199 262,932 372,487 394,398 503,953 525,864 744,974 788,796 1,007,906 1,117,461 1,489,948 1,511,859 1,577,592 2,015,812 2,234,922 2,979,896 3,023,718 3,352,383 4,031,624 4,469,844 4,535,577 6,047,436 6,704,766 8,567,201 8,939,688 9,071,154 12,094,872 13,409,532 17,134,402 18,142,308 25,701,603 26,819,064 34,268,804 36,284,616 51,403,206 68,537,608 77,104,809 102,806,412 154,209,618 205,612,824 308,419,236 and 616,838,472, with no remainder.

Since 616,838,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 616,838,472, 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).