Q: Is 215,742,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 215,742,072 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 215,742,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 78 84 91 104 156 168 173 182 273 312 346 364 519 546 571 692 728 1,038 1,092 1,142 1,211 1,384 1,713 2,076 2,184 2,249 2,284 2,422 3,426 3,633 3,997 4,152 4,498 4,568 4,844 6,747 6,852 7,266 7,423 7,994 8,996 9,688 11,991 13,494 13,704 14,532 14,846 15,743 15,988 17,992 22,269 23,982 26,988 29,064 29,692 31,486 31,976 44,538 47,229 47,964 51,961 53,976 59,384 62,972 89,076 94,458 95,928 98,783 103,922 125,944 155,883 178,152 188,916 197,566 207,844 296,349 311,766 377,832 395,132 415,688 592,698 623,532 691,481 790,264 1,185,396 1,247,064 1,284,179 1,382,962 2,074,443 2,370,792 2,568,358 2,765,924 3,852,537 4,148,886 5,136,716 5,531,848 7,705,074 8,297,772 8,989,253 10,273,432 15,410,148 16,595,544 17,978,506 26,967,759 30,820,296 35,957,012 53,935,518 71,914,024 107,871,036 and 215,742,072, with no remainder.

Since 215,742,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 215,742,072, 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).