Q: Is 201,313,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,313,248 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 201,313,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 2,097,013 4,194,026 6,291,039 8,388,052 12,582,078 16,776,104 25,164,156 33,552,208 50,328,312 67,104,416 100,656,624 and 201,313,248, with no remainder.

Since 201,313,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,313,248, 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).