Q: Is 201,430,306 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,430,306 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 201,430,306 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 77 154 211 422 1,477 2,321 2,954 4,642 6,199 12,398 16,247 32,494 43,393 68,189 86,786 136,378 477,323 954,646 1,307,989 2,615,978 9,155,923 14,387,879 18,311,846 28,775,758 100,715,153 and 201,430,306, with no remainder.

Since 201,430,306 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,430,306, 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).