Q: Is 243,399,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,399,616 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 243,399,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 37 41 46 64 74 82 92 109 148 164 184 218 296 328 368 436 592 656 736 851 872 943 1,184 1,312 1,472 1,517 1,702 1,744 1,886 2,368 2,507 2,624 3,034 3,404 3,488 3,772 4,033 4,469 5,014 6,068 6,808 6,976 7,544 8,066 8,938 10,028 12,136 13,616 15,088 16,132 17,876 20,056 24,272 27,232 30,176 32,264 34,891 35,752 40,112 48,544 54,464 60,352 64,528 69,782 71,504 80,224 92,759 97,088 102,787 129,056 139,564 143,008 160,448 165,353 185,518 205,574 258,112 279,128 286,016 330,706 371,036 411,148 558,256 661,412 742,072 822,296 1,116,512 1,322,824 1,484,144 1,644,592 2,233,024 2,645,648 2,968,288 3,289,184 3,803,119 5,291,296 5,936,576 6,578,368 7,606,238 10,582,592 15,212,476 30,424,952 60,849,904 121,699,808 and 243,399,616, with no remainder.

Since 243,399,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,399,616, 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).