Q: Is 221,641,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 221,641,616 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 221,641,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 23 28 46 56 92 112 139 161 184 278 322 368 556 619 644 973 1,112 1,238 1,288 1,946 2,224 2,476 2,576 3,197 3,892 4,333 4,952 6,394 7,784 8,666 9,904 12,788 14,237 15,568 17,332 22,379 25,576 28,474 34,664 44,758 51,152 56,948 69,328 86,041 89,516 99,659 113,896 172,082 179,032 199,318 227,792 344,164 358,064 398,636 602,287 688,328 797,272 1,204,574 1,376,656 1,594,544 1,978,943 2,409,148 3,957,886 4,818,296 7,915,772 9,636,592 13,852,601 15,831,544 27,705,202 31,663,088 55,410,404 110,820,808 and 221,641,616, with no remainder.

Since 221,641,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 221,641,616, 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).