Q: Is 224,134,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 224,134,008 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 224,134,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 61 84 122 168 183 244 366 427 488 732 854 1,281 1,464 1,708 2,562 3,416 5,124 10,248 21,871 43,742 65,613 87,484 131,226 153,097 174,968 262,452 306,194 459,291 524,904 612,388 918,582 1,224,776 1,334,131 1,837,164 2,668,262 3,674,328 4,002,393 5,336,524 8,004,786 9,338,917 10,673,048 16,009,572 18,677,834 28,016,751 32,019,144 37,355,668 56,033,502 74,711,336 112,067,004 and 224,134,008, with no remainder.

Since 224,134,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 224,134,008, 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).