Q: Is 216,426,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 216,426,540 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 216,426,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 47 55 60 66 94 110 132 141 165 188 220 235 282 330 470 517 564 660 705 940 1,034 1,410 1,551 2,068 2,585 2,820 3,102 5,170 6,204 6,977 7,755 10,340 13,954 15,510 20,931 27,908 31,020 34,885 41,862 69,770 76,747 83,724 104,655 139,540 153,494 209,310 230,241 306,988 327,919 383,735 418,620 460,482 655,838 767,470 920,964 983,757 1,151,205 1,311,676 1,534,940 1,639,595 1,967,514 2,302,410 3,279,190 3,607,109 3,935,028 4,604,820 4,918,785 6,558,380 7,214,218 9,837,570 10,821,327 14,428,436 18,035,545 19,675,140 21,642,654 36,071,090 43,285,308 54,106,635 72,142,180 108,213,270 and 216,426,540, with no remainder.

Since 216,426,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 216,426,540, 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).