Q: Is 724,321,338 a Composite Number?

Why is 724,321,338 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 724,321,338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78 89 103 178 206 267 309 534 618 1,013 1,157 1,339 2,026 2,314 2,678 3,039 3,471 4,017 6,078 6,942 8,034 9,167 13,169 18,334 26,338 27,501 39,507 55,002 79,014 90,157 104,339 119,171 180,314 208,678 238,342 270,471 313,017 357,513 540,942 626,034 715,026 1,172,041 1,356,407 2,344,082 2,712,814 3,516,123 4,069,221 7,032,246 8,138,442 9,286,171 18,572,342 27,858,513 55,717,026 120,720,223 241,440,446 362,160,669 and 724,321,338, with no remainder.

Since 724,321,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 724,321,338, 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).