Q: Is 247,064,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,064,272 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 247,064,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 49 52 56 91 98 104 112 182 196 208 343 364 392 637 686 728 784 1,274 1,372 1,456 2,548 2,744 3,463 4,459 5,096 5,488 6,926 8,918 10,192 13,852 17,836 24,241 27,704 35,672 45,019 48,482 55,408 71,344 90,038 96,964 169,687 180,076 193,928 315,133 339,374 360,152 387,856 630,266 678,748 720,304 1,187,809 1,260,532 1,357,496 2,205,931 2,375,618 2,521,064 2,714,992 4,411,862 4,751,236 5,042,128 8,823,724 9,502,472 15,441,517 17,647,448 19,004,944 30,883,034 35,294,896 61,766,068 123,532,136 and 247,064,272, with no remainder.

Since 247,064,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,064,272, 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).