Q: Is 246,422,715 a Composite Number?

Why is 246,422,715 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 246,422,715 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 11 15 21 29 33 35 49 55 77 87 105 145 147 165 203 231 245 319 385 435 539 609 735 957 1,015 1,051 1,155 1,421 1,595 1,617 2,233 2,695 3,045 3,153 4,263 4,785 5,255 6,699 7,105 7,357 8,085 11,165 11,561 15,631 15,765 21,315 22,071 30,479 33,495 34,683 36,785 46,893 51,499 57,805 78,155 80,927 91,437 110,355 152,395 154,497 173,415 213,353 234,465 242,781 257,495 335,269 404,635 457,185 566,489 640,059 772,485 1,005,807 1,066,765 1,213,905 1,493,471 1,676,345 1,699,467 2,346,883 2,832,445 3,200,295 4,480,413 5,029,035 7,040,649 7,467,355 8,497,335 11,734,415 16,428,181 22,402,065 35,203,245 49,284,543 82,140,905 and 246,422,715, with no remainder.

Since 246,422,715 cannot be divided by just 1 and 246,422,715, 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).