Q: Is 245,533,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,533,248 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 245,533,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 144 151 192 216 288 302 432 453 576 604 864 906 941 1,208 1,359 1,728 1,812 1,882 2,416 2,718 2,823 3,624 3,764 4,077 4,832 5,436 5,646 7,248 7,528 8,154 8,469 9,664 10,872 11,292 14,496 15,056 16,308 16,938 21,744 22,584 25,407 28,992 30,112 32,616 33,876 43,488 45,168 50,814 60,224 65,232 67,752 86,976 90,336 101,628 130,464 135,504 142,091 180,672 203,256 260,928 271,008 284,182 406,512 426,273 542,016 568,364 813,024 852,546 1,136,728 1,278,819 1,626,048 1,705,092 2,273,456 2,557,638 3,410,184 3,836,457 4,546,912 5,115,276 6,820,368 7,672,914 9,093,824 10,230,552 13,640,736 15,345,828 20,461,104 27,281,472 30,691,656 40,922,208 61,383,312 81,844,416 122,766,624 and 245,533,248, with no remainder.

Since 245,533,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,533,248, 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).