Q: Is 243,215,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,215,136 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 243,215,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 103 108 144 162 206 216 288 309 324 412 432 618 648 824 864 911 927 1,236 1,296 1,648 1,822 1,854 2,472 2,592 2,733 2,781 3,296 3,644 3,708 4,944 5,466 5,562 7,288 7,416 8,199 8,343 9,888 10,932 11,124 14,576 14,832 16,398 16,686 21,864 22,248 24,597 29,152 29,664 32,796 33,372 43,728 44,496 49,194 65,592 66,744 73,791 87,456 88,992 93,833 98,388 131,184 133,488 147,582 187,666 196,776 262,368 266,976 281,499 295,164 375,332 393,552 562,998 590,328 750,664 787,104 844,497 1,125,996 1,180,656 1,501,328 1,688,994 2,251,992 2,361,312 2,533,491 3,002,656 3,377,988 4,503,984 5,066,982 6,755,976 7,600,473 9,007,968 10,133,964 13,511,952 15,200,946 20,267,928 27,023,904 30,401,892 40,535,856 60,803,784 81,071,712 121,607,568 and 243,215,136, with no remainder.

Since 243,215,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,215,136, 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).