Q: Is 738,211,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 738,211,788 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 738,211,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 43 57 76 86 114 129 171 172 228 258 342 361 387 516 684 722 774 817 1,083 1,321 1,444 1,548 1,634 2,166 2,451 2,642 3,249 3,268 3,963 4,332 4,902 5,284 6,498 7,353 7,926 9,804 11,889 12,996 14,706 15,523 15,852 23,778 25,099 29,412 31,046 46,569 47,556 50,198 56,803 62,092 75,297 93,138 100,396 113,606 139,707 150,594 170,409 186,276 225,891 227,212 279,414 301,188 340,818 451,782 476,881 511,227 558,828 681,636 903,564 953,762 1,022,454 1,079,257 1,430,643 1,907,524 2,044,908 2,158,514 2,861,286 3,237,771 4,291,929 4,317,028 5,722,572 6,475,542 8,583,858 9,713,313 12,951,084 17,167,716 19,426,626 20,505,883 38,853,252 41,011,766 61,517,649 82,023,532 123,035,298 184,552,947 246,070,596 369,105,894 and 738,211,788, with no remainder.

Since 738,211,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 738,211,788, 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).