Q: Is 764,272,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 764,272,476 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 764,272,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 99 108 132 198 297 396 487 594 974 1,188 1,321 1,461 1,948 2,642 2,922 3,963 4,383 5,284 5,357 5,844 7,926 8,766 10,714 11,889 13,149 14,531 15,852 16,071 17,532 21,428 23,778 26,298 29,062 32,142 35,667 43,593 47,556 48,213 52,596 58,124 64,284 71,334 87,186 96,426 130,779 142,668 144,639 174,372 192,852 261,558 289,278 392,337 523,116 578,556 643,327 784,674 1,286,654 1,569,348 1,929,981 2,573,308 3,859,962 5,789,943 7,076,597 7,719,924 11,579,886 14,153,194 17,369,829 21,229,791 23,159,772 28,306,388 34,739,658 42,459,582 63,689,373 69,479,316 84,919,164 127,378,746 191,068,119 254,757,492 382,136,238 and 764,272,476, with no remainder.

Since 764,272,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 764,272,476, 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).