Q: Is 843,408,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 843,408,072 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 843,408,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 31 36 39 52 54 62 72 78 93 104 108 117 124 156 186 216 234 248 279 312 351 372 403 468 558 702 744 806 837 936 1,116 1,209 1,404 1,612 1,674 2,232 2,418 2,808 3,224 3,348 3,627 4,836 6,696 7,254 9,672 9,689 10,881 14,508 19,378 21,762 29,016 29,067 38,756 43,524 58,134 77,512 87,048 87,201 116,268 125,957 174,402 232,536 251,914 261,603 300,359 348,804 377,871 503,828 523,206 600,718 697,608 755,742 901,077 1,007,656 1,046,412 1,133,613 1,201,436 1,511,484 1,802,154 2,092,824 2,267,226 2,402,872 2,703,231 3,022,968 3,400,839 3,604,308 3,904,667 4,534,452 5,406,462 6,801,678 7,208,616 7,809,334 8,109,693 9,068,904 10,812,924 11,714,001 13,603,356 15,618,668 16,219,386 21,625,848 23,428,002 27,206,712 31,237,336 32,438,772 35,142,003 46,856,004 64,877,544 70,284,006 93,712,008 105,426,009 140,568,012 210,852,018 281,136,024 421,704,036 and 843,408,072, with no remainder.

Since 843,408,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 843,408,072, 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).