Q: Is 150,278,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 150,278,040 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 150,278,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 55 60 66 72 88 90 99 110 120 132 137 165 180 198 220 264 274 277 330 360 396 411 440 495 548 554 660 685 792 822 831 990 1,096 1,108 1,233 1,320 1,370 1,385 1,507 1,644 1,662 1,980 2,055 2,216 2,466 2,493 2,740 2,770 3,014 3,047 3,288 3,324 3,960 4,110 4,155 4,521 4,932 4,986 5,480 5,540 6,028 6,094 6,165 6,648 7,535 8,220 8,310 9,042 9,141 9,864 9,972 11,080 12,056 12,188 12,330 12,465 13,563 15,070 15,235 16,440 16,620 18,084 18,282 19,944 22,605 24,376 24,660 24,930 27,126 27,423 30,140 30,470 33,240 36,168 36,564 37,949 45,210 45,705 49,320 49,860 54,252 54,846 60,280 60,940 67,815 73,128 75,898 90,420 91,410 99,720 108,504 109,692 113,847 121,880 135,630 137,115 151,796 180,840 182,820 189,745 219,384 227,694 271,260 274,230 303,592 341,541 365,640 379,490 417,439 455,388 542,520 548,460 569,235 683,082 758,980 834,878 910,776 1,096,920 1,138,470 1,252,317 1,366,164 1,517,960 1,669,756 1,707,705 2,087,195 2,276,940 2,504,634 2,732,328 3,339,512 3,415,410 3,756,951 4,174,390 4,553,880 5,009,268 6,261,585 6,830,820 7,513,902 8,348,780 10,018,536 12,523,170 13,661,640 15,027,804 16,697,560 18,784,755 25,046,340 30,055,608 37,569,510 50,092,680 75,139,020 and 150,278,040, with no remainder.

Since 150,278,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 150,278,040, 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).