Q: Is 738,512,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 738,512,368 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 738,512,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 19 22 34 38 44 68 76 88 121 136 152 176 187 209 242 272 304 323 374 418 484 646 748 836 968 1,181 1,292 1,496 1,672 1,936 2,057 2,299 2,362 2,584 2,992 3,344 3,553 4,114 4,598 4,724 5,168 7,106 8,228 9,196 9,448 12,991 14,212 16,456 18,392 18,896 20,077 22,439 25,982 28,424 32,912 36,784 39,083 40,154 44,878 51,964 56,848 78,166 80,308 89,756 103,928 142,901 156,332 160,616 179,512 207,856 220,847 246,829 285,802 312,664 321,232 359,024 381,463 441,694 493,658 571,604 625,328 762,926 883,388 987,316 1,143,208 1,525,852 1,766,776 1,974,632 2,286,416 2,429,317 2,715,119 3,051,704 3,533,552 3,949,264 4,196,093 4,858,634 5,430,238 6,103,408 8,392,186 9,717,268 10,860,476 16,784,372 19,434,536 21,720,952 33,568,744 38,869,072 43,441,904 46,157,023 67,137,488 92,314,046 184,628,092 369,256,184 and 738,512,368, with no remainder.

Since 738,512,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 738,512,368, 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).