Q: Is 245,531,550 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,531,550 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 245,531,550 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 25 30 33 50 55 66 67 75 110 134 150 165 201 275 330 335 402 550 670 737 825 1,005 1,474 1,650 1,675 2,010 2,211 2,221 3,350 3,685 4,422 4,442 5,025 6,663 7,370 10,050 11,055 11,105 13,326 18,425 22,110 22,210 24,431 33,315 36,850 48,862 55,275 55,525 66,630 73,293 110,550 111,050 122,155 146,586 148,807 166,575 244,310 297,614 333,150 366,465 446,421 610,775 732,930 744,035 892,842 1,221,550 1,488,070 1,636,877 1,832,325 2,232,105 3,273,754 3,664,650 3,720,175 4,464,210 4,910,631 7,440,350 8,184,385 9,821,262 11,160,525 16,368,770 22,321,050 24,553,155 40,921,925 49,106,310 81,843,850 122,765,775 and 245,531,550, with no remainder.

Since 245,531,550 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,531,550, 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).