Q: Is 708,881,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 708,881,316 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 708,881,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 33 39 43 44 52 66 78 86 129 132 143 156 169 172 258 286 338 429 473 507 516 559 572 676 739 858 946 1,014 1,118 1,419 1,478 1,677 1,716 1,859 1,892 2,028 2,217 2,236 2,838 2,956 3,354 3,718 4,434 5,577 5,676 6,149 6,708 7,267 7,436 8,129 8,868 9,607 11,154 12,298 14,534 16,258 18,447 19,214 21,801 22,308 24,387 24,596 28,821 29,068 31,777 32,516 36,894 38,428 43,602 48,774 57,642 63,554 73,788 79,937 87,204 95,331 97,548 105,677 115,284 124,891 127,108 159,874 190,662 211,354 239,811 249,782 317,031 319,748 349,547 374,673 381,324 413,101 422,708 479,622 499,564 634,062 699,094 749,346 826,202 959,244 1,048,641 1,239,303 1,268,124 1,373,801 1,398,188 1,498,692 1,652,404 2,097,282 2,478,606 2,747,602 4,121,403 4,194,564 4,544,111 4,957,212 5,370,313 5,495,204 8,242,806 9,088,222 10,740,626 13,632,333 16,110,939 16,485,612 18,176,444 21,481,252 27,264,666 32,221,878 54,529,332 59,073,443 64,443,756 118,146,886 177,220,329 236,293,772 354,440,658 and 708,881,316, with no remainder.

Since 708,881,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 708,881,316, 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).