Q: Is 245,323,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,323,344 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 245,323,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 101 112 168 202 303 336 404 606 707 808 1,212 1,414 1,616 2,121 2,424 2,828 4,242 4,848 5,656 7,229 8,484 11,312 14,458 16,968 21,687 28,916 33,936 43,374 50,603 57,832 86,748 101,206 115,664 151,809 173,496 202,412 303,618 346,992 404,824 607,236 730,129 809,648 1,214,472 1,460,258 2,190,387 2,428,944 2,920,516 4,380,774 5,110,903 5,841,032 8,761,548 10,221,806 11,682,064 15,332,709 17,523,096 20,443,612 30,665,418 35,046,192 40,887,224 61,330,836 81,774,448 122,661,672 and 245,323,344, with no remainder.

Since 245,323,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,323,344, 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).