Q: Is 716,001,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 716,001,240 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 716,001,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 2,040 350,981 701,962 1,052,943 1,403,924 1,754,905 2,105,886 2,807,848 3,509,810 4,211,772 5,264,715 5,966,677 7,019,620 8,423,544 10,529,430 11,933,354 14,039,240 17,900,031 21,058,860 23,866,708 29,833,385 35,800,062 42,117,720 47,733,416 59,666,770 71,600,124 89,500,155 119,333,540 143,200,248 179,000,310 238,667,080 358,000,620 and 716,001,240, with no remainder.

Since 716,001,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 716,001,240, 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).