Q: Is 243,353,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,353,344 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 243,353,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 64 83 104 128 166 208 256 332 416 664 832 881 1,079 1,328 1,664 1,762 2,158 2,656 3,328 3,524 4,316 5,312 7,048 8,632 10,624 11,453 14,096 17,264 21,248 22,906 28,192 34,528 45,812 56,384 69,056 73,123 91,624 112,768 138,112 146,246 183,248 225,536 276,224 292,492 366,496 584,984 732,992 950,599 1,169,968 1,465,984 1,901,198 2,339,936 2,931,968 3,802,396 4,679,872 7,604,792 9,359,744 15,209,584 18,719,488 30,419,168 60,838,336 121,676,672 and 243,353,344, with no remainder.

Since 243,353,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,353,344, 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).