Q: Is 245,474,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,474,784 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 245,474,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 677 1,259 1,354 2,031 2,518 2,708 3,777 4,062 5,036 5,416 6,093 7,554 8,124 10,072 10,832 11,331 12,186 15,108 16,248 20,144 21,664 22,662 24,372 30,216 32,496 40,288 45,324 48,744 60,432 64,992 90,648 97,488 120,864 181,296 194,976 362,592 852,343 1,704,686 2,557,029 3,409,372 5,114,058 6,818,744 7,671,087 10,228,116 13,637,488 15,342,174 20,456,232 27,274,976 30,684,348 40,912,464 61,368,696 81,824,928 122,737,392 and 245,474,784, with no remainder.

Since 245,474,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,474,784, 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).