Q: Is 216,710,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 216,710,016 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 216,710,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 64 68 89 96 102 128 136 178 192 204 267 272 356 373 384 408 534 544 712 746 816 1,068 1,088 1,119 1,424 1,492 1,513 1,632 2,136 2,176 2,238 2,848 2,984 3,026 3,264 4,272 4,476 4,539 5,696 5,968 6,052 6,341 6,528 8,544 8,952 9,078 11,392 11,936 12,104 12,682 17,088 17,904 18,156 19,023 23,872 24,208 25,364 33,197 34,176 35,808 36,312 38,046 47,744 48,416 50,728 66,394 71,616 72,624 76,092 96,832 99,591 101,456 132,788 143,232 145,248 152,184 193,664 199,182 202,912 265,576 290,496 304,368 398,364 405,824 531,152 564,349 580,992 608,736 796,728 811,648 1,062,304 1,128,698 1,217,472 1,593,456 1,693,047 2,124,608 2,257,396 2,434,944 3,186,912 3,386,094 4,249,216 4,514,792 6,373,824 6,772,188 9,029,584 12,747,648 13,544,376 18,059,168 27,088,752 36,118,336 54,177,504 72,236,672 108,355,008 and 216,710,016, with no remainder.

Since 216,710,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 216,710,016, 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).