Q: Is 853,830,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 853,830,420 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 853,830,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 61 79 122 158 183 237 244 305 316 366 395 474 610 732 790 915 948 1,185 1,220 1,580 1,830 2,370 2,953 3,660 4,740 4,819 5,906 8,859 9,638 11,812 14,457 14,765 17,718 19,276 24,095 28,914 29,530 35,436 44,295 48,190 57,828 59,060 72,285 88,590 96,380 144,570 177,180 180,133 233,287 289,140 360,266 466,574 540,399 699,861 720,532 900,665 933,148 1,080,798 1,166,435 1,399,722 1,801,330 2,161,596 2,332,870 2,701,995 2,799,444 3,499,305 3,602,660 4,665,740 5,403,990 6,998,610 10,807,980 13,997,220 14,230,507 28,461,014 42,691,521 56,922,028 71,152,535 85,383,042 142,305,070 170,766,084 213,457,605 284,610,140 426,915,210 and 853,830,420, with no remainder.

Since 853,830,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 853,830,420, 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).