Q: Is 200,583,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 200,583,072 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 200,583,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 353 706 1,059 1,412 1,973 2,118 2,824 3,177 3,946 4,236 5,648 5,919 6,354 7,892 8,472 11,296 11,838 12,708 15,784 16,944 17,757 23,676 25,416 31,568 33,888 35,514 47,352 50,832 63,136 71,028 94,704 101,664 142,056 189,408 284,112 568,224 696,469 1,392,938 2,089,407 2,785,876 4,178,814 5,571,752 6,268,221 8,357,628 11,143,504 12,536,442 16,715,256 22,287,008 25,072,884 33,430,512 50,145,768 66,861,024 100,291,536 and 200,583,072, with no remainder.

Since 200,583,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 200,583,072, 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).