Q: Is 724,715,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 724,715,440 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 724,715,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 34 40 68 80 85 136 151 170 272 302 340 604 680 755 1,208 1,360 1,510 2,416 2,567 3,020 3,529 5,134 6,040 7,058 10,268 12,080 12,835 14,116 17,645 20,536 25,670 28,232 35,290 41,072 51,340 56,464 59,993 70,580 102,680 119,986 141,160 205,360 239,972 282,320 299,965 479,944 532,879 599,930 959,888 1,065,758 1,199,860 2,131,516 2,399,720 2,664,395 4,263,032 4,799,440 5,328,790 8,526,064 9,058,943 10,657,580 18,117,886 21,315,160 36,235,772 42,630,320 45,294,715 72,471,544 90,589,430 144,943,088 181,178,860 362,357,720 and 724,715,440, with no remainder.

Since 724,715,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 724,715,440, 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).