Q: Is 150,563,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 150,563,340 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 150,563,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 103 108 135 180 206 270 309 412 515 540 618 927 1,030 1,236 1,545 1,854 2,060 2,707 2,781 3,090 3,708 4,635 5,414 5,562 6,180 8,121 9,270 10,828 11,124 13,535 13,905 16,242 18,540 24,363 27,070 27,810 32,484 40,605 48,726 54,140 55,620 73,089 81,210 97,452 121,815 146,178 162,420 243,630 278,821 292,356 365,445 487,260 557,642 730,890 836,463 1,115,284 1,394,105 1,461,780 1,672,926 2,509,389 2,788,210 3,345,852 4,182,315 5,018,778 5,576,420 7,528,167 8,364,630 10,037,556 12,546,945 15,056,334 16,729,260 25,093,890 30,112,668 37,640,835 50,187,780 75,281,670 and 150,563,340, with no remainder.

Since 150,563,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 150,563,340, 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).