Q: Is 247,116,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,116,072 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 247,116,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 59 84 107 118 168 177 214 233 236 321 354 413 428 466 472 642 699 708 749 826 856 932 1,239 1,284 1,398 1,416 1,498 1,631 1,652 1,864 2,247 2,478 2,568 2,796 2,996 3,262 3,304 4,494 4,893 4,956 5,592 5,992 6,313 6,524 8,988 9,786 9,912 12,626 13,048 13,747 17,976 18,939 19,572 24,931 25,252 27,494 37,878 39,144 41,241 44,191 49,862 50,504 54,988 74,793 75,756 82,482 88,382 96,229 99,724 109,976 132,573 149,586 151,512 164,964 174,517 176,764 192,458 199,448 265,146 288,687 299,172 329,928 349,034 353,528 384,916 523,551 530,292 577,374 598,344 698,068 769,832 1,047,102 1,060,584 1,154,748 1,396,136 1,470,929 2,094,204 2,309,496 2,941,858 4,188,408 4,412,787 5,883,716 8,825,574 10,296,503 11,767,432 17,651,148 20,593,006 30,889,509 35,302,296 41,186,012 61,779,018 82,372,024 123,558,036 and 247,116,072, with no remainder.

Since 247,116,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,116,072, 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).