Q: Is 216,991,698 a Composite Number?

Why is 216,991,698 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 216,991,698 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 49 66 77 98 147 154 229 231 293 294 458 462 539 586 687 879 1,078 1,374 1,603 1,617 1,758 2,051 2,519 3,206 3,223 3,234 4,102 4,809 5,038 6,153 6,446 7,557 9,618 9,669 11,221 12,306 14,357 15,114 17,633 19,338 22,442 22,561 28,714 33,663 35,266 43,071 45,122 52,899 67,097 67,326 67,683 86,142 105,798 123,431 134,194 135,366 157,927 201,291 246,862 315,854 370,293 402,582 469,679 473,781 738,067 740,586 939,358 947,562 1,409,037 1,476,134 2,214,201 2,818,074 3,287,753 4,428,402 5,166,469 6,575,506 9,863,259 10,332,938 15,499,407 19,726,518 30,998,814 36,165,283 72,330,566 108,495,849 and 216,991,698, with no remainder.

Since 216,991,698 cannot be divided by just 1 and 216,991,698, 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).