Q: Is 218,708,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 218,708,760 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 218,708,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 120 123 164 205 246 328 410 492 615 820 984 1,230 1,640 2,460 4,920 44,453 88,906 133,359 177,812 222,265 266,718 355,624 444,530 533,436 666,795 889,060 1,066,872 1,333,590 1,778,120 1,822,573 2,667,180 3,645,146 5,334,360 5,467,719 7,290,292 9,112,865 10,935,438 14,580,584 18,225,730 21,870,876 27,338,595 36,451,460 43,741,752 54,677,190 72,902,920 109,354,380 and 218,708,760, with no remainder.

Since 218,708,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 218,708,760, 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).