Q: Is 222,000,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 222,000,000 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 222,000,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 37 40 48 50 60 64 74 75 80 96 100 111 120 125 128 148 150 160 185 192 200 222 240 250 296 300 320 370 375 384 400 444 480 500 555 592 600 625 640 740 750 800 888 925 960 1,000 1,110 1,184 1,200 1,250 1,480 1,500 1,600 1,776 1,850 1,875 1,920 2,000 2,220 2,368 2,400 2,500 2,775 2,960 3,000 3,125 3,200 3,552 3,700 3,750 4,000 4,440 4,625 4,736 4,800 5,000 5,550 5,920 6,000 6,250 7,104 7,400 7,500 8,000 8,880 9,250 9,375 9,600 10,000 11,100 11,840 12,000 12,500 13,875 14,208 14,800 15,000 15,625 16,000 17,760 18,500 18,750 20,000 22,200 23,125 23,680 24,000 25,000 27,750 29,600 30,000 31,250 35,520 37,000 37,500 40,000 44,400 46,250 46,875 48,000 50,000 55,500 59,200 60,000 62,500 69,375 71,040 74,000 75,000 80,000 88,800 92,500 93,750 100,000 111,000 115,625 118,400 120,000 125,000 138,750 148,000 150,000 177,600 185,000 187,500 200,000 222,000 231,250 240,000 250,000 277,500 296,000 300,000 346,875 355,200 370,000 375,000 400,000 444,000 462,500 500,000 555,000 578,125 592,000 600,000 693,750 740,000 750,000 888,000 925,000 1,000,000 1,110,000 1,156,250 1,200,000 1,387,500 1,480,000 1,500,000 1,734,375 1,776,000 1,850,000 2,000,000 2,220,000 2,312,500 2,775,000 2,960,000 3,000,000 3,468,750 3,700,000 4,440,000 4,625,000 5,550,000 6,000,000 6,937,500 7,400,000 8,880,000 9,250,000 11,100,000 13,875,000 14,800,000 18,500,000 22,200,000 27,750,000 37,000,000 44,400,000 55,500,000 74,000,000 111,000,000 and 222,000,000, with no remainder.

Since 222,000,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 222,000,000, 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).