Q: Is 738,471,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 738,471,024 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 738,471,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 19 24 34 36 38 48 51 57 68 72 76 102 114 136 144 152 153 171 204 228 272 304 306 323 342 408 456 612 646 684 816 912 969 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,938 2,448 2,584 2,736 2,907 3,876 5,168 5,814 7,752 11,628 15,504 15,877 23,256 31,754 46,512 47,631 63,508 95,262 127,016 142,893 190,524 254,032 269,909 285,786 301,663 381,048 539,818 571,572 603,326 762,096 809,727 904,989 1,079,636 1,143,144 1,206,652 1,619,454 1,809,978 2,159,272 2,286,288 2,413,304 2,429,181 2,714,967 3,238,908 3,619,956 4,318,544 4,826,608 4,858,362 5,128,271 5,429,934 6,477,816 7,239,912 9,716,724 10,256,542 10,859,868 12,955,632 14,479,824 15,384,813 19,433,448 20,513,084 21,719,736 30,769,626 38,866,896 41,026,168 43,439,472 46,154,439 61,539,252 82,052,336 92,308,878 123,078,504 184,617,756 246,157,008 369,235,512 and 738,471,024, with no remainder.

Since 738,471,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 738,471,024, 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).