Q: Is 245,617,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 245,617,344 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 245,617,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 4,032 60,917 121,834 182,751 243,668 365,502 426,419 487,336 548,253 731,004 852,838 974,672 1,096,506 1,279,257 1,462,008 1,705,676 1,949,344 2,193,012 2,558,514 2,924,016 3,411,352 3,837,771 3,898,688 4,386,024 5,117,028 5,848,032 6,822,704 7,675,542 8,772,048 10,234,056 11,696,064 13,645,408 15,351,084 17,544,096 20,468,112 27,290,816 30,702,168 35,088,192 40,936,224 61,404,336 81,872,448 122,808,672 and 245,617,344, with no remainder.

Since 245,617,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 245,617,344, 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).