Q: Is 671,506,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 671,506,542 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 671,506,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 42 58 63 87 126 174 203 261 406 522 609 841 1,218 1,682 1,827 2,523 3,654 5,046 5,887 6,337 7,569 11,774 12,674 15,138 17,661 19,011 35,322 38,022 44,359 52,983 57,033 88,718 105,966 114,066 133,077 183,773 266,154 367,546 399,231 551,319 798,462 1,102,638 1,286,411 1,653,957 2,572,822 3,307,914 3,859,233 5,329,417 7,718,466 10,658,834 11,577,699 15,988,251 23,155,398 31,976,502 37,305,919 47,964,753 74,611,838 95,929,506 111,917,757 223,835,514 335,753,271 and 671,506,542, with no remainder.

Since 671,506,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 671,506,542, 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).