Q: Is 712,214,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 712,214,608 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 712,214,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 41 49 56 82 98 112 164 196 287 328 392 574 656 784 1,148 2,009 2,296 4,018 4,592 8,036 16,072 22,157 32,144 44,314 88,628 155,099 177,256 310,198 354,512 620,396 908,437 1,085,693 1,240,792 1,816,874 2,171,386 2,481,584 3,633,748 4,342,772 6,359,059 7,267,496 8,685,544 12,718,118 14,534,992 17,371,088 25,436,236 44,513,413 50,872,472 89,026,826 101,744,944 178,053,652 356,107,304 and 712,214,608, with no remainder.

Since 712,214,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 712,214,608, 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).