Q: Is 720,537,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 720,537,468 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 720,537,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 23 28 42 46 69 84 92 138 161 276 322 461 483 644 809 922 966 1,383 1,618 1,844 1,932 2,427 2,766 3,227 3,236 4,854 5,532 5,663 6,454 9,681 9,708 10,603 11,326 12,908 16,989 18,607 19,362 21,206 22,652 31,809 33,978 37,214 38,724 42,412 55,821 63,618 67,956 74,221 74,428 111,642 127,236 130,249 148,442 222,663 223,284 260,498 296,884 372,949 390,747 445,326 520,996 745,898 781,494 890,652 1,118,847 1,491,796 1,562,988 2,237,694 2,610,643 4,475,388 5,221,286 7,831,929 8,577,827 10,442,572 15,663,858 17,155,654 25,733,481 31,327,716 34,311,308 51,466,962 60,044,789 102,933,924 120,089,578 180,134,367 240,179,156 360,268,734 and 720,537,468, with no remainder.

Since 720,537,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 720,537,468, 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).