Q: Is 150,435,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 150,435,264 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 150,435,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 173 192 224 336 346 448 519 647 672 692 1,038 1,211 1,294 1,344 1,384 1,941 2,076 2,422 2,588 2,768 3,633 3,882 4,152 4,529 4,844 5,176 5,536 7,266 7,764 8,304 9,058 9,688 10,352 11,072 13,587 14,532 15,528 16,608 18,116 19,376 20,704 27,174 29,064 31,056 33,216 36,232 38,752 41,408 54,348 58,128 62,112 72,464 77,504 108,696 111,931 116,256 124,224 144,928 217,392 223,862 232,512 289,856 335,793 434,784 447,724 671,586 783,517 869,568 895,448 1,343,172 1,567,034 1,790,896 2,350,551 2,686,344 3,134,068 3,581,792 4,701,102 5,372,688 6,268,136 7,163,584 9,402,204 10,745,376 12,536,272 18,804,408 21,490,752 25,072,544 37,608,816 50,145,088 75,217,632 and 150,435,264, with no remainder.

Since 150,435,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 150,435,264, 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).