Q: Is 247,014,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,014,120 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 247,014,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 59 60 118 120 139 177 236 251 278 295 354 417 472 502 556 590 695 708 753 834 885 1,004 1,112 1,180 1,255 1,390 1,416 1,506 1,668 1,770 2,008 2,085 2,360 2,510 2,780 3,012 3,336 3,540 3,765 4,170 5,020 5,560 6,024 7,080 7,530 8,201 8,340 10,040 14,809 15,060 16,402 16,680 24,603 29,618 30,120 32,804 34,889 41,005 44,427 49,206 59,236 65,608 69,778 74,045 82,010 88,854 98,412 104,667 118,472 123,015 139,556 148,090 164,020 174,445 177,708 196,824 209,334 222,135 246,030 279,112 296,180 328,040 348,890 355,416 418,668 444,270 492,060 523,335 592,360 697,780 837,336 888,540 984,120 1,046,670 1,395,560 1,777,080 2,058,451 2,093,340 4,116,902 4,186,680 6,175,353 8,233,804 10,292,255 12,350,706 16,467,608 20,584,510 24,701,412 30,876,765 41,169,020 49,402,824 61,753,530 82,338,040 123,507,060 and 247,014,120, with no remainder.

Since 247,014,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,014,120, 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).