Q: Is 717,424,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 717,424,040 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 717,424,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 29 38 40 43 58 76 86 95 116 145 152 172 190 215 232 290 344 380 430 551 580 757 760 817 860 1,102 1,160 1,247 1,514 1,634 1,720 2,204 2,494 2,755 3,028 3,268 3,785 4,085 4,408 4,988 5,510 6,056 6,235 6,536 7,570 8,170 9,976 11,020 12,470 14,383 15,140 16,340 21,953 22,040 23,693 24,940 28,766 30,280 32,551 32,680 43,906 47,386 49,880 57,532 65,102 71,915 87,812 94,772 109,765 115,064 118,465 130,204 143,830 162,755 175,624 189,544 219,530 236,930 260,408 287,660 325,510 417,107 439,060 473,860 575,320 618,469 651,020 834,214 878,120 943,979 947,720 1,236,938 1,302,040 1,668,428 1,887,958 2,085,535 2,473,876 3,092,345 3,336,856 3,775,916 4,171,070 4,719,895 4,947,752 6,184,690 7,551,832 8,342,140 9,439,790 12,369,380 16,684,280 17,935,601 18,879,580 24,738,760 35,871,202 37,759,160 71,742,404 89,678,005 143,484,808 179,356,010 358,712,020 and 717,424,040, with no remainder.

Since 717,424,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 717,424,040, 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).