Q: Is 243,663,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 243,663,992 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 243,663,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 17 22 26 34 44 52 67 68 88 104 121 134 136 143 187 221 242 268 286 289 374 442 484 536 572 578 737 748 871 884 968 1,139 1,144 1,156 1,474 1,496 1,573 1,742 1,768 2,057 2,278 2,312 2,431 2,948 3,146 3,179 3,484 3,757 4,114 4,556 4,862 5,896 6,292 6,358 6,968 7,514 8,107 8,228 9,112 9,581 9,724 12,529 12,584 12,716 14,807 15,028 16,214 16,456 19,162 19,363 19,448 25,058 25,432 26,741 29,614 30,056 32,428 34,969 38,324 38,726 41,327 50,116 53,482 59,228 64,856 69,938 76,648 77,452 82,654 100,232 105,391 106,964 118,456 137,819 139,876 154,904 162,877 165,308 210,782 212,993 213,928 251,719 275,638 279,752 325,754 330,616 421,564 425,986 454,597 503,438 551,276 651,508 843,128 851,972 909,194 1,006,876 1,102,552 1,303,016 1,703,944 1,791,647 1,818,388 2,013,752 2,342,923 2,768,909 3,583,294 3,636,776 4,685,846 5,537,818 7,166,588 9,371,692 11,075,636 14,333,176 18,743,384 22,151,272 30,457,999 60,915,998 121,831,996 and 243,663,992, with no remainder.

Since 243,663,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 243,663,992, 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).