Q: Is 225,042,246 a Composite Number?

Why is 225,042,246 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 225,042,246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 27 33 39 54 66 78 99 117 143 151 193 198 234 286 297 302 351 386 429 453 579 594 702 858 906 1,158 1,287 1,359 1,661 1,737 1,963 2,123 2,509 2,574 2,718 3,322 3,474 3,861 3,926 4,077 4,246 4,983 5,018 5,211 5,889 6,369 7,527 7,722 8,154 9,966 10,422 11,778 12,738 14,949 15,054 17,667 19,107 21,593 22,581 27,599 29,143 29,898 35,334 38,214 43,186 44,847 45,162 53,001 55,198 57,321 58,286 64,779 67,743 82,797 87,429 89,694 106,002 114,642 129,558 135,486 165,594 174,858 194,337 248,391 262,287 320,573 378,859 388,674 496,782 524,574 583,011 641,146 745,173 757,718 786,861 961,719 1,136,577 1,166,022 1,490,346 1,573,722 1,923,438 2,273,154 2,885,157 3,409,731 4,167,449 5,770,314 6,819,462 8,334,898 8,655,471 10,229,193 12,502,347 17,310,942 20,458,386 25,004,694 37,507,041 75,014,082 112,521,123 and 225,042,246, with no remainder.

Since 225,042,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 225,042,246, 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).