Q: Is 204,073,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 204,073,272 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 204,073,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 234 263 312 468 526 789 829 936 1,052 1,578 1,658 2,104 2,367 2,487 3,156 3,316 3,419 4,734 4,974 6,312 6,632 6,838 7,461 9,468 9,948 10,257 10,777 13,676 14,922 18,936 19,896 20,514 21,554 27,352 29,844 30,771 32,331 41,028 43,108 59,688 61,542 64,662 82,056 86,216 96,993 123,084 129,324 193,986 218,027 246,168 258,648 387,972 436,054 654,081 775,944 872,108 1,308,162 1,744,216 1,962,243 2,616,324 2,834,351 3,924,486 5,232,648 5,668,702 7,848,972 8,503,053 11,337,404 15,697,944 17,006,106 22,674,808 25,509,159 34,012,212 51,018,318 68,024,424 102,036,636 and 204,073,272, with no remainder.

Since 204,073,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 204,073,272, 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).