Q: Is 726,608,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 726,608,688 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 726,608,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 174 208 232 312 348 377 464 624 696 754 1,131 1,392 1,508 2,262 3,016 4,524 6,032 9,048 18,096 40,153 80,306 120,459 160,612 240,918 321,224 481,836 521,989 642,448 963,672 1,043,978 1,164,437 1,565,967 1,927,344 2,087,956 2,328,874 3,131,934 3,493,311 4,175,912 4,657,748 6,263,868 6,986,622 8,351,824 9,315,496 12,527,736 13,973,244 15,137,681 18,630,992 25,055,472 27,946,488 30,275,362 45,413,043 55,892,976 60,550,724 90,826,086 121,101,448 181,652,172 242,202,896 363,304,344 and 726,608,688, with no remainder.

Since 726,608,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 726,608,688, 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).