Q: Is 243,530,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,530,300 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 243,530,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 25 26 37 50 52 61 65 74 83 100 122 130 148 166 185 244 260 305 325 332 370 415 481 610 650 740 793 830 925 962 1,079 1,220 1,300 1,525 1,586 1,660 1,850 1,924 2,075 2,158 2,257 2,405 3,050 3,071 3,172 3,700 3,965 4,150 4,316 4,514 4,810 5,063 5,395 6,100 6,142 7,930 8,300 9,028 9,620 10,126 10,790 11,285 12,025 12,284 15,355 15,860 19,825 20,252 21,580 22,570 24,050 25,315 26,975 29,341 30,710 39,650 39,923 45,140 48,100 50,630 53,950 56,425 58,682 61,420 65,819 76,775 79,300 79,846 101,260 107,900 112,850 117,364 126,575 131,638 146,705 153,550 159,692 187,331 199,615 225,700 253,150 263,276 293,410 307,100 329,095 374,662 399,230 506,300 586,820 658,190 733,525 749,324 798,460 936,655 998,075 1,316,380 1,467,050 1,645,475 1,873,310 1,996,150 2,435,303 2,934,100 3,290,950 3,746,620 3,992,300 4,683,275 4,870,606 6,581,900 9,366,550 9,741,212 12,176,515 18,733,100 24,353,030 48,706,060 60,882,575 121,765,150 and 243,530,300, with no remainder.

Since 243,530,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,530,300, 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).