Q: Is 245,523,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,523,252 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 245,523,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 23 26 39 41 46 52 69 78 82 92 123 138 156 164 246 276 299 492 533 598 897 943 1,066 1,196 1,599 1,669 1,794 1,886 2,132 2,829 3,198 3,338 3,588 3,772 5,007 5,658 6,396 6,676 10,014 11,316 12,259 20,028 21,697 24,518 36,777 38,387 43,394 49,036 65,091 68,429 73,554 76,774 86,788 115,161 130,182 136,858 147,108 153,548 205,287 230,322 260,364 273,716 410,574 460,644 499,031 821,148 889,577 998,062 1,497,093 1,573,867 1,779,154 1,996,124 2,668,731 2,994,186 3,147,734 3,558,308 4,721,601 5,337,462 5,988,372 6,295,468 9,443,202 10,674,924 18,886,404 20,460,271 40,920,542 61,380,813 81,841,084 122,761,626 and 245,523,252, with no remainder.

Since 245,523,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,523,252, 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).